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  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • Pay Per View
  • 2 h 14 m
  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • Pay Per View
  • 2 h 14 m

Summary He was touched by the power and filled with the spirit. A man of faith. A man of the flesh. A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage. Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the sma...

Directed By: Robert Duvall

Written By: Robert Duvall

  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • Pay Per View
  • 2 h 14 m
  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • Pay Per View
  • 2 h 14 m

The Apostle

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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83
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 29 User Ratings
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Summary He was touched by the power and filled with the spirit. A man of faith. A man of the flesh. A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage. Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the sma...

Directed By: Robert Duvall

Written By: Robert Duvall

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 28 Critic Reviews
83
82% Positive
23 Reviews
14% Mixed
4 Reviews
4% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 28 Critic Reviews
83
82% Positive
23 Reviews
14% Mixed
4 Reviews
4% Negative
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100
If you want to sample the sheer bouquet of great acting, you could get drunk on this movie.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
100
Unusual, unhurried tour de force--a seamless match of strong artistic vision and physical performance. [19 Dec 1997, p. 52]
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
90
Duvall's performance is so passionate, so energized, that it's almost eerie: is Sonny acting him or is he acting Sonny?
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80
The masterful Duvall skillfully illuminates the paradoxes of a very complex man; he also elicits honest performances from his cast. The zealous churchgoers seem more like real people than actors.
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75
A good little movie dominated by a great central performance that's likely to endure. [30 Jan 1998, p.D2]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
60
Reminded me somewhat of Archibald MacLeish's famous line that a poem "should not mean but be." That's the reality of The Apostle: It does not mean, it simply is.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
25
One of the most self-in-dulgent, muddled, badly written, vague and pointless exercises in filmmaking I have ever had to sit through.
By Barbara Shulgasser FULL REVIEW

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5.2
55% Positive
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7% Mixed
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38% Negative
11 Ratings

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55% Positive
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7% Mixed
2 Ratings
38% Negative
11 Ratings

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Production Company Butcher's Run Films
Release Date Dec 17, 1997
Duration 2 h 14 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Lust, Obsession, Revenge... Redemption
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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