Comfort's criticism comes days after Crowe tweeted, "[G]iven his environmental focus/scholarly knowledge, trying to screen #Noah for Pope Francis."

"It seems like a 'hail Mary' to the pope," responded Los Angeles, Calif.-based Comfort in a statement. "Perhaps he (Crowe), Darren Aronofsky (the director) and Paramount should have listened to their critics, when they had prescreening a long time ago." ...