The Believer
9,366
Drama
Winner of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, The Believer tells the story of a Neo-Nazi (Gosling) who also happens to be Jewish.
Author | Review | ||
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United States | Entertainment Weekly | "Gosling's performance is riveting, and this fiery and imperfect feature shines as a demonstration of independent filmmaking at its most uncompromising." | POS |
United States | Rolling Stone | "Unique and unforgettable" | POS |
United States | Chicago Reader | "Persuasive, intelligent, and provocative" | POS |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "The film's anti-Semitism is articulate but wrong, and the conflict between what the hero says and what he believes (or does not want to believe) is at the very center of the story." | NEU |
United States | Austin Chronicle | "The film's greatest strength undeniably lies in Gosling's revelatory portrayal of Danny." | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "An amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction" | POS |
United States | New York Post | "Treads an awfully thin line between the provocative and the exploitative." | NEU |
United States | AV Club | "If nothing else, 'The Believer' trusts that faith can not only withstand a little skepticism, but also gather strength and meaning from it" | POS |
United States | TV Guide | "Flawed but undeniably provocative and brilliantly acted by Gosling." | POS |
United States | SFGATE | "The movie's shift into an implausible thriller magnifies its lack of character development. But Gosling gives an impassioned performance throughout" | NEU |
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