The Believer (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 84 Fresh: 68 Rotten:16 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis:
Raised Jewish, Danny (Ryan Gosling) now runs with an anti-Semitic skinhead gang in Queens. Attending a meeting held by prominent self-proclaimed fascist Curtis Zampf (Billy Zane), Danny is noticed when he proposes killing Jews as a solution to society's problems. Danny's words create... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell, A.D. Miles
Director: Henry Bean
Screenwriter: Henry Bean
Producer: Susan Hoffman, Christopher Roberts
Composer: Joel Diamond
Screenwriter: Henry Bean
Producer: Susan Hoffman, Christopher Roberts
Composer: Joel Diamond
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The underlying premise of The Believer is simple and understandable to any one of us who have grown indifferent to many of the teachings we accepted with such naiveté, such open hopeful hearts throughout our early education.
09/27/06 08:00 PM
Loosely based on Daniel Burros (a Nazi who killed himself when the NY Times revealed his Jewishness), the film offers a stimulating meditation on the inescapable impact of religion and burden of history on personal identities.
04/06/06 02:09 PM
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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Top Critic Top Critic Em uma performance absolutamente brilhante, o jovem Ryan Gosling cria um personagem que, mesmo moralmente desprezível, fascina por seu conflito interior.
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06/07/04 01:12 AM
Credit must certainly be given to Ryan Gosling for an intense performance here, but The Believer sometimes feels padded in order to fill in the space around his character.
01/07/04 07:00 AM
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12/15/03 05:04 PM
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08/06/03 05:03 PM
The underdevloped Believer has at its core a performance of searing and genuine intensity, yet it also regrettably handles the psychological turmoil of its antagonistic protagonist with kid gloves.
07/18/03 11:28 AM
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07/02/03 05:04 PM
It made for an emotionally hair-pulling ride, without benefit of much intellectual give and take.
06/29/03 12:56 AM
An uncomfortable experience, but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from American cinema.
04/29/03 06:03 AM
The Believer is packed to the gills with various speeches and lectures and theological bantering. Much of it ends with someone getting a baseball bat to the head.
04/27/03 06:37 AM
You just get the sense that what you're seeing is a very personal struggle in what will probably be one of the most powerful films of the year.
12/08/02 08:08 AM
Like Edward Norton in American History X, Ryan Gosling (Murder By Numbers) delivers a magnetic performance.
11/20/02 09:58 AM
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