They call the film "a parable about leadership and the exploitation of faith in a cynical age."

How many people would make such a moral claim in a cynical age?

Reporters in a more cynical age used to say that a byline and a dime would get you a cup of coffee.

"In this cynical age," he concluded, "it makes your heart beat a little faster."

I'm the product of a very cynical age.

We've moved to a very cynical and ironic deconstructive age.

It's hard to be sentimental in a cynical age.

To them, it is the perfect feel-good story for a cynical age.

What I find intriguing is that we think we live in a very cool, smart, cynical age.

And few in this cynical age are likely to forgive a work that is judged unsophisticated.