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May 07, 2023soccer_guy_andrew rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed the first half and found the second half a bit boring. Worth watching
Jan 31, 2023
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Jun 17, 2022sdb177 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Dull in the middle but otherwise brilliant. One of Scorsese's best films. The casting and performances are very specific, and in an earlier decade, would have won every male actor award. Beautiful visuals but even better sound design,…
Apr 30, 2022IndyPL_TimothyV rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This film is based on a 1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō, a Catholic Japanese writer. It is the mid 17th century. Christians in Japan, once tolerated, are now brutally persecuted. Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to this country to…
Sep 13, 2021EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
In what seems a historically plausible situation, Father Rodrgues is given the choice of protecting his followers or abandoning his mission. The conflict between outward conformity and inward resistance can be considered authentically…
Aug 26, 2021N13m4nd rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a rather unusual movie. Martin Scorsese is best known for his violent, action-driven, expletive-heavy modern urban stories, but Silence consists mostly of conversations. In 1600s Japan where Christianity is forbidden, two Jesuit…
Jan 28, 2021
a struggle to keep his christian faith in a pagan land. The screenplay is poorly writtten. Too long!
Jan 13, 2021Punnoval rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Martin Scorsese made an extreme stinker in "The Wolf of Wall Street". He continues his "winning" streak with this abomination that combines wooden acting with dime store existentialism. And it must have cost a fortune to make. For a lot…
Oct 16, 202010000mefest rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I dare you to make it through this film without cringing at least once. This is a very dark movie about the horrific plight of many Christians in 17th century Japan. This is a Scorsese film, so, of course, there is great acting and…
Jan 20, 2020kidparco rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the essential Martin Scorsese pictures and easily a great film of the 21st century.
Sep 14, 2019byoneoka rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Based on an improbable premise--tho apparently historically true--the movie skillfully shifts gear from one of Catholic missionaries in an inhospitable foreign culture of Japan in the 1600s. Issues raised are of the cultural basis of…
May 17, 2019queensthief rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This isn't entertainment; it's literature on film. Very faithful to its source material, Silence is riveting for its dissonance and unsettling way of asking difficult questions—for believers and nonbelievers alike—yet offering no answers.…
Mar 24, 2019Shuken_1989 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An excellent and unbiased look at the Jesuit missions to Japan in the 1600s. Though the movie paints the two Jesuit priests, who are its main characters, as heroes it still does a good job of portraying the effect that they had on the…
Mar 07, 2019Ace4aDay rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
While Scorsese was going for sympathy for persecution of the early Japanese Catholics, I just couldn't shake the feeling that Japan was simply defending its cultural identity in the wake of an attempted religious coup. This put me at odds…
Feb 05, 2019Janice21383 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Not sure what Scorsese was getting at here. On the surface, it's a story about missionaries bringing Christianity and more misery into the lives of Japanese peasants -- while not mentioning in its almost three-hour run time that they're…
Jan 11, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Martin Scorsese's latest film (as of this writing), based on a novel by Shusaku Endo, is by no means his best or most interesting, but it is his most challenging and demanding, which I guess is something. Set in 17th century Japan, it's…
Dec 19, 2018miyoch rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Extremely long and boring.
Nov 09, 2018
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed. Liam Neeson
Jul 16, 2018megaculpa rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
A competent editor might have moved this film from half a star to one star by cutting the running time to 90 minutes.
May 23, 2018conroy319 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This movie may or may not be historically accurate, however I found it quite boring, longer than it needed to be, with questionable acting from the supporting cast. Can't believe I sat through it all.
May 16, 2018Rockk1 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Not worth the time spent to watch it.BORING!!! Liam Neeson appears in the movie at the end for 5 minutes. Don't waste your time
May 13, 2018kpelish rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Plodding plotline and gruesome torture scenes of Portuguese priests and their Christian followers meant I was tempted to turn this DVD off part-way through. There's a saving grace note at the very end.
Apr 15, 2018richmole rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Three stars for this one. Against what? Good question. Other Scorcese movies? Yes. Tenacity? No question: it took Scorcese DECADES to bring this movie concept to fruition. Entertainment value? Well, I was entertained by Silence…
Apr 02, 2018ADragonInTheLibrary rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An absolutely incredible movie with a somber tone, stunning visuals, and true thoughfulness. What does it mean to be pious? I'm not certain the movie answers that question, but at the same time, I don't think it was the movie's objective…
Apr 01, 2018Nooksack20 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A really bad bad bad boring piece of worthless material. Slightly less than recommended.