The Believer

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Felipe D Um ótimo filme o personagem de Ryan foi inspirado em um acontecimento real de um neonazista ativista do poder branco.Um Judeu chamado Daniel Burros Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Steve D Well intended but I found it clunky. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Where is the missing link? It is established early on that violent skinhead, Danny (Ryan Gosling) is actually Jewish. But… how? The flashbacks show a young Danny (Jacob Green) arguing with his Yeshiva teacher over interpretations of the Torah, but nothing that got us to where we are in early-2000s NYC, where Danny walks around in a red t-shirt adorned with a giant swastika, like, the biggest swastika you could fit on a t-shirt. Danny is the "self-hating Jew" taken to the extreme. The plot see-saws with Danny literally planning and realizing the killing of innocent Jews and showing obeisance to his heritage. It's a struggle that feels unbelievable, yet, Danny even joins a meeting of fascist elites in NYC pontificating on loving Jews because we hate them… or something. It wasn't salient even within the absurdity of the plot. The actual good points the fascists make concern "free trade" and IPOs as the answer to losing community, jobs, and purpose — when these are the people making this argument in the early 2000s, it's unsurprising to see where we are now. Movies from this time period have a feel to them and The Believer is no different — it's something about the lighting and use of close-ups…so many close-ups. The plot almost feels like something you'd see come out of the second half of the 2010s, and yet, Danny is based on a real person. The more I thought about this movie the more points I deducted from my original score. What made Danny change and then change back? It wasn't like he got too in over his head? We first see him pestering, stalking, and then assaulting a Jewish young man on the subway. There also seemed to be one bomb too many to stick the message. Ending was good though and Gosling rules. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Just another love they neighbor , kumbiyah fest. Stop picking on me! Wah wah wah. Nine billion people on the planet, humans, you're not that important. Get over yourselves! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably the best I've seen of Gosling, his presence is intense and superbly nuanced. A film recommended to me and it is fascinatingly twisted and contorted as a man wrestled with his demons and angst as well as his self identity. Very interesting film. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member An intriguing and intellectually sound film on a man ultimately struggling with the duality of his identity and the internal struggle it brings. The Believer hardly waters down it's content, (except the horrifically cheap looking WW2 flashes), conveying a neutral perspective on the matters and letting the audience flesh out it's meaning without spoon-feeding nor preaching. It's sincere in its approach and is grossly overlooked due to the success of American History X. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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