Fresh
It's an interesting movie, odd and disturbing by design. But it's also effective.
Bill Goodykoontz, Chicago Sun-Times
The Club
2015 · 1h 37m · Not Rated
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Pablo Larraín
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The Club
Overview
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Larrain makes all of his damaged characters somewhat likable and sympathetic (although the likability dims toward the end). Which only makes this meditation on mercy, forgiveness and twisted raw power more disturbing.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
It's an interesting movie, odd and disturbing by design. But it's also effective.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Larrain consciously took on the difficult, complicated themes of faith, truth and guilt here, a commendable task considering that avoiding the topic has been part of why it has escaped confrontation for so long.
Eva Salinas, Globe and Mail
Fresh
We can't but enjoy the movie and its oddball characters - which makes us somehow complicit in their crimes.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
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