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- 2002
- R
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2002
- R
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Summary The story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from Jewish religious student to a rising star in the Neo-Fascist political movement.
Directed By: Henry Bean
Written By: Mark Jacobson, Henry Bean
- 2002
- R
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2002
- R
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
The Believer
75
8.1
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Summary The story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from Jewish religious student to a rising star in the Neo-Fascist political movement.
Directed By: Henry Bean
Written By: Mark Jacobson, Henry Bean
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
11% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
11% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Stunningly smart, genuinely disturbing film.
Persuasive, intelligent, and provocative.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 116 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
6% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
10% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 116 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
6% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
10% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
A disturbingly provocative study of racism and **** is a fascinating and powerful attempt at deconstructing the beliefs of these characters.Ryan Gosling is completely captivating and explosive in the lead ****'s one of the most unflinching and thought-provoking examinations of race issues in recent cinema.
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Bean has built a bonfire of contradictions and the ensuing conflagration illuminates a bit of the world.
An amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction.
It is a challenging film, if not always a narratively cohesive one.
Gosling's performance is a stunner, although the story-telling is otherwise pedestrian. It is the movie's blessing and curse that it does not shy away from Danny's murderous, inexplicable contradictions — or explain them.
A bad movie -- really a terrible movie -- with a daring idea behind it. And it's had the sort of crummy luck that, no matter what you think of it, can get you steamed.
In an early career role for Ryan Gosling, he marks himself as most-promising leading man on the map. He is able to terrifyingly embody a **** and haunt you to no end.
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i loved the movie,because it keeps you going from the start till the **** way of trying to be something opposite than you really are, to go against god, finding love and at the end paying wit his life for the choices that he made.Tells you how important are the everyday choices that we make and we are not aware of it. This movie is eyeopening and concentrate the awareness of the choices that we do, and their results.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Fuller Films,
Seven Arts Productions
Release Date May 17, 2002
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
Genres
Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 4 Nominations
Moscow International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Nominations
