Critic Reviews
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
An important movie, a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values.
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Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
[Gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex, unpredictable character.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
One of the year's most thought-provoking, hard-hitting films, gutsily opening up a subject rarely done with this kind of all-out chutzpah.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
It's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling, but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that's been given the drive of a narrative and that's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work.
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Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Blessed with a searing lead performance by Ryan Gosling (Murder by Numbers), the movie is powerful and provocative. It's also built on a faulty premise, one it follows into melodrama and silliness.
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Cast
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Ryan Goslingas Danny Balint -
Summer Phoenixas Carla Moebius -
Theresa Russellas Lina Moebius
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Billy Zaneas Curtis Zampf -
A.D. Milesas Guy Danielsen -
Glenn Fitzgeraldas Drake
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