This review was posted on IMDb but the link isn't working. From the Chicago Sun Times:
3 1/2 stars
"Watch for Matthew Macfadyen in the tricky role of Prior Philip. Rolling
his R’s and rocking a monk’s bald spot, the former Mr. Darcy (opposite
Keira Knightley) manages to balance idealism, intelligence, faith and
savvy. “The Pillars of the Earth” doesn’t shy away from any of the big
questions, and Macfadyen has the depth to ask the biggest of them all:
Just whose side is God on, anyway?"