The Master
Freddie Quell is a troubled, boozy drifter struggling with the trauma of World War II and whatever inner demons ruled his life before that. He is unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
21 August 1945, Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 January 1986, Berkeley, California, USA
7 September 1963, Murray, Kentucky, USA
May 12, 2015
It's a singular vision, and the movie haunts.
January 08, 2013
In the end it may not have the emotional uplift the Academy or a popular mainstream audience craves, but make no mistake, this is an enthralling drama about a peculiarly American restlessness, and the striving for insight and grace.
September 21, 2012
Where There Will Be Blood transmuted sullen earth into flame and launched it violently skyward, The Master is, as its opening shot advertises, a more fluid undertaking, a story of ebb and flow.
June 23, 2013
There is so much spark here, so much to absorb, that the effect defies any picking of nits and just makes one grateful.
May 10, 2016
The Master is ambitious, grave, inventive, flawed, and best of all, it's a sad story about a very sad man.
June 14, 2013
It's a mess; it's pretentious; it is thundery with dismay.
January 08, 2013
[A] challenging, psychologically fraught drama.
April 15, 2016
Joaquin Phoenix's performance is dazzling, the kind of effort we're lucky to see once every two or three years.
September 22, 2012
The Master may go down as one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most compelling works for two simple reasons: Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
May 26, 2013
A perverted sausage party in which Anderson fully indulges his obsession with male genitalia.
September 23, 2012
The actors' commitment to their roles is impressive, but it's tethered to a weightless, airless movie, a film so enamored of itself, the audience gets shut out.
