December 13, 2007
This movie is where I first realized Farrah Fawcett could act. Robert Duvall was par excellant!
Billy Bob Thornton, Farrah Fawcett, John Beasley
Robert Duvall gives a tour de force performance as a zealous Pentecostal preacher hiding from his past while resurrecting the spirit of his adopted Louisiana bayou town. It's an all-Duvall show; he wr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 18, 1998
Stats: 356 reviews
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September 28, 2007ooooooo....ok this wasn't funny sweetness but dang u aint have to say it like that!!! biscuit head beaver chasin sugar daddy, lol
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September 22, 2009You can't give this movie any less then 5 Stars, Robert Duvall plays the part of a old time southern preacher and he hits the mark 100 percent. This type of preaching is fading in this world today. This is the True Old South, and nothing wrong with that. After his wife start shac...( read more)
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August 15, 2009I'm not a Christian yet and I don't watch that many religious-type movies, but I have to admit I was real impressed with "The Apostle." Robert Duvall gives one of the best performances any actor has ever given in any movie. He is convicted of a violent act and goes on the road tr...( read more)
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June 5, 2009Robert Duvall did a great job impersonating these nowaday evangelists....they just give a loud pep rally with no meaninful substance.
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April 5, 2009It was an interesting look into one of the crazy world's of organized religion, but it was much too long and I didn't really get much out of it.
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July 5, 2009Dear Mr Duvall, thank you for your 14-year labour with this film. It deeply spoke to me as I have experienced what you tried to say in the real life. You have correctly portrayed the danger of "playing with God", where one becomes too accustomed to the holy ideas and thinks he becomes above the human law. I understood the personiality of the 'apostle' well: it is a dangerous form of self-denial and the fine mastery of appearing to be the 'holy person', not seeing himself the worst sinner. I am saddened for the people like that young man who followed the 'apostle'. There are many like him who don't use their own heads but following the religious leaders blindly. Your movie came in the right day and the right time. This had redifined my values and portrayed exactly what I wanted to say to the church. This is not about Christ. He is perfect. But those who use his holy name without deserving it (as they don't repent and see themsleves better than others).
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