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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" gets bad review from the Vatican despite its overwhelmingly stellar reviews around the world. Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano called the latest installment of the "Star Wars" film series "confused and hazy."

According to the newspaper owned by the Holy See, "The Force Awakens" "fails most spectacularly" in its representation of evil. The news paper said "Darth Vader and above all the Emperor Palpatine were two of the most effective villains in [the sci-fi] genre of American cinema" but Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) "insipid."

The newspaper also slammed Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis, calling the character "the most serious defect of the film," with his representation described as "awkward and tacky."

The newspaper said "The Force Awakens" was not a proper sequel but more of a reboot. "Not a classy reboot however, like Nolan's Batman, but a twisted update which fits today's tastes and a public more accustomed to sitting in front of a computer than in a cinema." The reviewer added that the film seemed to draw from the "sloppiest current action films derived from the world of videogames."

This is not the first time that L'Osservatore Romano has criticized successful movies. Back in 2009, the newspaper slammed James Cameron's epic sci-fi "Avatar" as "sentimental hokum."