Alicia I love this movie so much

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

marytucker419 I missed the original air date on TNT, someone actually recorded it on VHS tape (remember those??) and loaned it to me. I watched it 8 times through a 3 day period. Absolutely the BEST movie I had watched in a long time.....then and now. My boyfriend ordered me the DVD couple years ago because I was always bringing this movie up, wishing I could watch it again. Unfortunately, the DVD was lost in a move. This is definitely in my top 2 MOVIES YOU HAVE TO WATCH AT LEAVE ONCE. No matter what type of movies you prefer...I am a horror fan, myself, you will like this movie. It brings to mind common decency and how doing what's RIGHT doesn't always mean it's EASY or something you should necessarily DO, but you feel you have to. Great movie. Everyone should watch at least once......maybe twice.

Tim Kidner 'Purgatory' was, oddly on The Horror Channel, mid morning at that! Whilst it had lots of good, boisterous action, especially at the beginning and end, for me, it was too much neither western, nor fantasy.As a western, it worked fine with Sam Shepard doing sterling work as the sheriff (Wild Bill Hickock) but I'm afraid the romantic story between Sonny (Brad Rowe) and (can't find her name in any cast lists) confused and annoyed me.Idols from western folklore presumably mean less to me than it does to many and so it wasn't such a big thrill to have all these re-incarnated in one place and in one movie and whilst I could see how this 'car-park' for the living dead made the story, this was rather lost on me. The film was well made and maybe, if I was in-tune with this element, then it might have made more sense to me.I did like the fantasy ending with the Old Indian, very surprising and quite well done.Purgatory is good for a TV movie, which was nominated for a prime-time Emmy, with a good cast and some good action, but that's as good as it got for me.

merklekranz A large and capable cast is thrown into a spiritualistic western, with very little character development being it's most obvious flaw. You can tell the bad guys from the good guys, but care very little about the outcome. There is nothing wrong with attempting to mix genres, however after a bang-bang beginning, "Purgatory" grinds to a slow crawl for the middle thirty minutes. The ultimate confrontation is nothing more than a prolonged, tedious gun battle that you have seen many times before (pick any western). More dialog between the combatants would have benefited the movie, especially the Eric Roberts and Sam Shepard characters. Somewhat unique, but still nothing more than a marginal missed opportunity. - MERK

dennis-255 As a practicing Roman Catholic and movie lover, I thought I've seen all the good movies out there that were done professionally and had a good message without offensive content. I was also intrigued at the title of this movie since it hit on a topic that I firmly believe in. Of course, since it was Hollywood produced, I was very curious to see how they would portray Purgatory. Well, after all is said and done, it wasn't much for theological accuracy (as expected) but it really was very enjoyable to watch and gave good food for thought. There is some swearing (by the bad guys) but it was all in context and it wasn't excessive. The film actually reminded the viewers that swearing was not "good". The overall theme did teach some valuable lessons in practicing virtue and putting your priorities straight. The character acting was superb and the overall message was a winner. If it wasn't for the swearing, I'd say every family should have this movie in their home library or at least set aside for the teens.