But what the movie really has as its heart is a series of ethical questions, a kind of puzzle from the point of view of the film’s protagonist about how we ought to live, what we ought to choose, and how we ought to make the important decisions about our world. Conclave is wonderfully acted and gorgeously filmed with an intense, extraordinary sound design.
The movie's best feature is its consistent ability to surprise. In many ways the film sets up a series of surprises, some of which everyone will see coming, and the brilliance of Conclave's screenplay is that while we are focused on the one's we see coming, and congratulating ourselves on our cleverness as viewers, the movie has other surprises in store.
Better still, the movie is very, very wise, and though it is essentially a potboiler or mystery, it also offers ideas of wonderful depth about how to live in the world. I was very into this.
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