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Plot:
The story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from Jewish religious student to a rising star in the Neo-Fascist political movement. In a surprising series of twists and turns, Danny exhibits all ...( read more 
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MCT:July 23, 2008um filme que todo mundo deveria ver, ryan gosling fez uma atuação incrível e a história é fascinante
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MCT:July 12, 2008
I watched this movie when it was first released, and found it tough going. Its very good, but difficult to watch. A powerful performance from Ryan Gosling made me check out most of his movies since then.
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MCT:July 10, 2008
An Interesting Film.
About a Jewish guy, who moved into a 'skinhead' neo-faschist movement to make a point. I really dont think the film was about hatred of jews, more that Danny was frustrated that Jews wouldnt fight back to the abuse they were getting. Theres plenty of twists and turn in this movie. I would recommend this film to people yes. -
MCT:July 3, 2008
The very definition of irony and that irony being relevant today as it was 60 years ago. We are all guilty of it too.
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MCT:June 29, 2008
Controverse movie, but one of the most impressive I've ever seen. Even though the main character develops quite a lot, you can comprehend very well.
The movie deals with this sensitive subject in a cautious way. -
MCT:June 23, 2008Ryan Gosling does a surprisingly good job here. The film is a little odd, especially the ending, but that doesn't hurt it too much. aggressively direct and thought provoking.
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MCT:June 13, 2008
I loved Ryan Gosling long before The Notebook came along. This movie is why. AMAZING performance by a then-unknown actor. This movie was great in all the ways American History X was -- creepy subject matter, but very well-acted.
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MCT:May 11, 2008
Danny is a neo-nazi with a secret, he's Jewish. Highly recommended. This is one of my all time favorite films. If you get time to watch this I recommend that you do it is an amazing story of self hate and finding your true self. Based on a true story. 5 stars.
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MCT:April 12, 2008The only good scenes are where the jew is jeaulous of Billy Zane`s large cock and the part where the self-hating tries to form philosemitic racialism
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MCT:March 28, 2008
Excellent portrayl of KKK leader Daniel Burros's life. In the movie Gosling plays Daniel 'Balant' who grows up practicing the Jewish Orthodox ways but ends up a neo-nazi hiding his true identity. A must see. Very touching.
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MCT:March 15, 2008
Awesome, even better than I expected it to be, and I had absolutely the highest expectations for it. Gosling delivers perhaps an even better performance than Ed Norton in AHX. He's absolutely amazing and even lends a shred of logic to anti-semitism with his incredible and seamless performance. Provides insight into Judaism as well if you're someone who somewhat unfamiliar with their customs and traditions.
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MCT:January 2, 2008
brutal y explosiva. gosling es el titan de la actuacion de su generacion, creando un personaje temerario.
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MCT:December 21, 2007I'm disappointed. Ryan Gosling's explosively transfixing performance is the only great thing in this film. Its script is defined by consistent mediocrity interrupted by one or two scenes of genuine power. The dialogue is unconvincing and all of the actors surrounding Gosling feel like they belong in daytime TV.
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MCT:December 17, 2007It's simply the second best movie Ryan has done in his life. And it's so unknown by the public... shame.
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MCT:December 11, 2007
Ryan Gosling was amazing. A great actor who seems to be able to take on any role... This film was disturbing. But worth watching in my opinion.
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MCT:November 17, 2007
ryan gosling was great in dis nd hes pretty hott... i thought it captured a young man torn between 2things really well
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MCT:November 11, 2007
This is a really good hate movie with some strange constituents. Kinda makes you think and stuff, you know.
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MCT:October 20, 2007
A very interesting look at facism which doesn't always hit the mark..
The fact that Ryan's character is of jewish descent is a novel twist. Where it is unclear why he has decided to take the radical path that he does, it makes the film a little more difficult to engage with. You do have several flashbacks but they do not add any clarity and as such are a little redundant.
That being said, this is thought provoking material which really benefits from having Ryan Gosling in it. Present in virtually every scene, the guy owns this film. His character holds clearly repellent views, yet you are fascinated by him and what he has to say. Even Billy Zane puts in some nicely subtle work.
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MCT:September 17, 2007
This movie may disturb some and confuse others but the acting is pretty good. Ryan did his best to keep this movie coherent but he can't work miracles. Good acting, shaky story.
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MCT:September 14, 2007
a film that doesnt quite deliver on what could have been a quite affecting premise. interesting ending but the black and white 'flashbacks' let the film down
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MCT:September 3, 2007
PHENOMINAL PERFORMANCE BY RYAN GOSLING PORTRAYING DANNY, YOU WILL FEEL DISGUST, DISBELIEF, ANGER, SHAME, PITY & COMPASSION WHILE VIEWING THIS MOVIE.
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MCT:July 29, 2007
Disturbingly fascinating study of a conflicted Jewish neo-Nazi with no easy answers. Gosling's performance is fantastic as usual. My only problems were perhaps the lack of development with nearly every other character in the film but no matter, when the main character is such an interesting mix of opposites and paradoxes.
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MCT:July 22, 2007
This is a good movie that just misses being great. There's some minor "holes" in the storyline. Ryan Gosling gives a great performance as a Jewish-nazi. Don't ask, you have to see it.
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MCT:July 22, 2007
The background and detail into both the pro and con of antisemitism is astounding. It was a well played irony into a somewhat clinched topic.
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1HotGrandmaposted 352 days ago -
good point but I think it was more than self hatred.. I think the charecter was just so frustrated with the fact that his people didnt fight back. One of my favorite parts of the movie was when gosling and some of his skinhead friends were in a group for holocaust victiams and survivors, one old man told a story of how a german soldier impaled his son on a bayonett and gosling replied "what did you do".. meaning, his life was over right there, why not go down with honor and dignity than to live with that kind of scar the rest of your life?..
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I am jewish and even though i don't share a similar view to him (by hating jews) i can still see where he is coming from. If anything, i thing i would accept his hatred than to others because at least he knows what he hates. He was brought up in a jewish environment so hence he knows what he is criticizing. To hate someone or something through ignorance is stupid. To truly hate your enemy, you must truly know your enemy. Great script and acting. A magnificent movie.
posted 383 days ago -
This movie was really a great 1. I'm really dissapointed that very few people have commented cause that just shows how really great movies can just fly under radar...
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