A disturbingly provocative study of racism and nazism.This is a fascinating and powerful attempt at deconstructing the beliefs of these characters.Ryan Gosling is completely captivating and explosive in the lead role.It's one of the most unflinching and thought-provoking examinations of race issues in recent cinema.

It's really good! Great acting except for this kid who played young Gosling was HORRIBLE, LAUGHABLE!!! Above-average screenplay and fine directing. Really interesting. Too good for a TV movie, well, it's not really a TV movie but whatever it's still good.

I actually thought this movie was going to be much more terrible than it actually was, expecting nothing but rehashing and cliches from every other nazi movie I've seen. Instead what I saw was an excellent acting performance by the young lead, some extremely clever dialogue, and an interesting story all around. Definitely worth seeing at least once.

Nix on the movie's politics (are the filmmakers anti-semitic, or just doing a very good impression of it? Answers on a postcard) big "yay" on the movie itself...even if South Park did get to the whole Jewish-Anti-Semite idea first (and feel free to insert your own self-loathing Jew sterotype reference here). Keep an eye on Gosling. He'll be a great actor, once he's a fully grown goose.… Expand

Provacative, deep, and moving...but the message sometimes gets lost in its own magnitude. Ryan Gosling is a star...no doubts. His role is complicated but extremly well played.

Sloppy storytelling doesn't provide the context for a great performance by Ryan Gosling. After Danny fails (on purpose) to assasinate a rabbi, his colleague accuses him of being a "kike". What's missing from Mr. Bean's storyline is a scene where the skinheads confront Danny about his suspect gentility. This violent confrontation that doesn't materialize is indicative of the filmmaker's approach of rhetoric over fistacuffs in approaching the volatile subject matter. It's a good thing Gosling can act because he does talk at great length. "The Believer" does accomplish what it set out to do, which is to work an audience over with the baffling politics of Danny Balint. Bean, to his credit, doesn't fully redeem this Neo-Fascist, as indicated by the great ambiguous ending. Danny's last ditch at redemption can't quite make up for the hurtful comments he tossed at a holocaust survivor. And we don't feel sorry for him. "The Believer" is an ugly looking movie but it has more congeniality than the beautiful corpse that's wowing critics and film snobs. … Expand

This is one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time. Very provocative with great lead acting.