The Christian Sciene Monitor“The Master” has its share of longueurs, particularly in its last half hour or so, and a couple of fantasy sequences are mor...
The Moving Arts"The Master" has a lot to offer the attentive viewer. But its not a masterpiece in the same way "There Will Be Blood" is.
The GuardianPaul Thomas Anderson proves his uniqueness again, as Joaquin Phoenix's drifter bonds with Philip Seymour Hoffman's cult lead...
Total FilmWith potent performers and poetic visuals, Anderson has made the boldest American picture of the year. Its strangeness can b...
/FilmAnd when a point of decision arrives for the unlikely couple, it is acted upon in an encounter that taps into a well of emot...
Chicago Sun-TimesPaul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" is fabulously well-acted and crafted, but when I reach for it, my hand closes on air.
ReelViewsThe Master is one of the most technically impressive films of 2012. It is the work of an artist; every shot is carefully com...
Entertainment WeeklyThe Master offers none of the awesome, convulsive ''I'm finished'' climax of There Will Be Blood.
New York MagazineAnderson is a romantic who has earned his nihilism. He clarifies nothing, but leaves us brooding on our own confusion.
Rolling StoneI believe in the church of Paul Thomas Anderson. Fierce and ferociously funny, The Master is a great movie, the best of the ...
New York PostIt's a sharply written, unforgettably directed character study with brilliant performances by Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymou...
The New YorkerOn reflection, and despite these cavils, we should bow to The Master, because it gives us so much to revere, starting with t...
The New York TimesThis is a movie that defies understanding even as it compels reverent, astonished belief.
Los Angeles TimesIt's a film bristling with vivid moments and unbeatable acting, but its interest is not in tidy narrative satisfactions but ...
Salon ArtsThis is an almost apocalyptic tale of thwarted emotion - love cut short - set in a pitiless land of delusions.
Entertainment WeeklyThe movie may not even be fully comprehensible on first viewing, the bigger patterns in the narrative and the rhythms of the...
SlateI left the theater not entirely sure what The Master was about. I can't wait to get back and see it again.
Chicago Sun-TimesThe Master is fabulously well-acted and crafted, but when I reach for it, my hand closes on air.
Chicago TribuneWarts, wanderings, reiterations and all, this is a film destined to be processed in many different ways. And hallelujah to t...
The Boston GlobeThe film is interested in a cult of personality. Like Anderson's previous movie, The Master is a portrait of megalomania.
The Philadelphia InquirerThe Master is a work that demands attention, and it satisfies on many levels - it is a film of intelligence and ambition, te...
San Francisco ChronicleA film that starts off seeming like the best of 2012 becomes a chore to sit through, and I suspect that few, even among this...
Washington PostThe Master turns out to be more of a self-defeating whimper than the big, important bang it could have been.
TelegraphRobbie Collin grants Paul Thomas Anderson's absurdist melodrama 'landmark American movie' status.
The GuardianScientology-inspired tale of postwar America, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is 'succour for the soul'
Hollywood ReporterA bold, challenging, brilliantly acted drama that is a must for serious audiences.
FirstShowingThe Master is next-level filmmaking in need of a more monumental screenplay, and hopefully somewhere down the line Anderson ...
JobloIt's a virtual certainty that THE MASTER will be one of the big players in this year's Oscar race, and I found it to be utte...
Film School RejectsGorgeous cinematography, excellent writing, and two carnally strong lead performances.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons
Release: October 12, 2012
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons
Release: October 12, 2012
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