Fresh
An exploration of what it means to be Jewish and what it means to hate - two separate subjects that happen to overlap in this case.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Believer
He's a jew. He’s a Neo-Nazi. With one true enemy… Himself!
2001 · 1h 38m · R
Drama
Directed by
Henry Bean
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The Believer
Overview
A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.
Director and cast
- Henry Bean Director
- Ryan Gosling as Danny Balint
- Summer Phoenix as Carla Moebius
- Theresa Russell as Lina Moebius
- Billy Zane as Curtis Zampf
- Garret Dillahunt as Billings
- A.D. Miles as Guy Danielsen
- Glenn Fitzgerald as Drake
- Elizabeth Reaser as Miriam
- Joshua Harto as Kyle
- Ronald Guttman as Danny's Father
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An important movie, a reminder of the power of film to move us and to make us examine our values.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
[Gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex, unpredictable character.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Fresh
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.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
A somewhat crudely constructed but gripping, questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing, he becomes an enemy to his own race.
Misha Berson, Seattle Times
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