The Master
The story tells of a tragic drama by Freddy Cowell, a troubled and anxious man. Freddy seems to be suffering from the shock of the Second World War, and whatever internal demons control his life, he can be unstable. Freddy may discover that his future is painful, so that he is embarrassed by the case and its seemingly charismatic leader.
27 January 1986, Berkeley, California, USA
21 October 1960, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
May 10, 2016
The Master is ambitious, grave, inventive, flawed, and best of all, it's a sad story about a very sad man.
May 12, 2015
It's a singular vision, and the movie haunts.
January 08, 2013
[A] challenging, psychologically fraught drama.
May 26, 2013
A perverted sausage party in which Anderson fully indulges his obsession with male genitalia.
September 22, 2012
The Master may go down as one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most compelling works for two simple reasons: Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
January 08, 2013
In the end it may not have the emotional uplift the Academy or a popular mainstream audience craves, but make no mistake, this is an enthralling drama about a peculiarly American restlessness, and the striving for insight and grace.
September 21, 2012
Where There Will Be Blood transmuted sullen earth into flame and launched it violently skyward, The Master is, as its opening shot advertises, a more fluid undertaking, a story of ebb and flow.
September 23, 2012
The actors' commitment to their roles is impressive, but it's tethered to a weightless, airless movie, a film so enamored of itself, the audience gets shut out.
April 15, 2016
Joaquin Phoenix's performance is dazzling, the kind of effort we're lucky to see once every two or three years.
June 14, 2013
It's a mess; it's pretentious; it is thundery with dismay.
June 23, 2013
There is so much spark here, so much to absorb, that the effect defies any picking of nits and just makes one grateful.
