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Silence

2016

Martin Scorsese

Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds ...

6.4

16,022

Drama In the 17th century two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. At a time when Christianity has been outlawed in Japan and those who follow the faith have gone into hiding or have been killed, two young Christian missionaries, Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Francisco Garrpe (Adam Driver) travel to Japan in the 1600s to search for ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Martin Scorsese transcends his filmography with a tale of Christianity in crisis (...) It's a movie desperately needed at a moment when bluster must yield to self-reflection. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"No one with a genuine belief in the possibilities and mysteries of cinema would think of missing Silence. It's essential filmmaking from the church of Scorsese (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Martin Scorsese rounds out his trilogy of faith-focused epics with this challenging, yet beautiful spiritual journey."
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"With the religious historical drama Silence, Martin Scorsese proves he’s as masterful a filmmaker with men of God as he is with gangsters (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Scorsese's brutal spiritual epic will scald – and succor – your soul (...) It’s the kind of work a great filmmaker can only pull off with a lifetime’s accrued expertise behind him. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Freer Empire	"Less showy than 'The Last Temptation Of Christ', more gripping than 'Kundun', the third part of Scorsese’s unofficial ‘religious’ trilogy is beautifully made, staggeringly ambitious and utterly compelling. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"The production is physically beautiful, and evokes the beauties of classic Japanese films, but the substance makes few concessions to conventional notions of entertainment"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"With ambition and reach, and often a real dramatic grandeur, Scorsese’s film has addressed the imperial crisis of Christian evangelists with stamina, seriousness and a gusto comparable to David Lean’s (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The film’s solemnity is seductive — as is Mr. Scorsese’s art — especially in light of the triviality and primitiveness of many movies, even if its moments of greatness also make its failures seem more pronounced."
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'Silence', more successfully than not, artfully addresses the core issue of its maker's lifelong religious struggle."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Uneven, sometimes repetitive but also powerfully moving and thought-provoking."
		Robert Abele The Wrap	"Deals explicitly with the pain of doubt, God's silence in the face of suffering, and apostasy versus martyrdom; it's a welcome change of pace, even if it's not always effectively rendered."

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