Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: In case you’re worried that a long and deliberately paced epic about Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan won’t contain enough of the sensational thrills of the standard Martin Scorsese movie, allow me to put your fears to rest: Silence opens with a shot of severed heads, followed by a torture sequence.
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An exploration of the toxic fallout from the belief that your culture and/or religion is superior to that of others.
- Francisco Cangiano @ CineXpress [Spanish]
- Matt Donato @ We Got This Covered
- Excerpt: Silence tests more than its main character at such a daunting length, as Scorsese’s technical command may not be enough to win over all audiences.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Nguyen Le @ The Script Lab
- Excerpt: Garfield’s performance should not go unnoticed when awards season arrives.
- Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Silence’ is like throwing stones in an empty cathedral. Noise and clatter echo and reverberate, but in the end all we’re left with is an empty exercise in spiritual posturing.
- Simon Miraudo @ Student Edge
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: But for my money the true star is Kubozuka’s Kichijiro. It’s easy to laugh at his actions—Scorsese does present him as comic relief at times—but we do so because we know him. He is us.
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Kristy Puchko @ CBR.com
- Excerpt: For some it will surely be a riveting exploration of the faith. For me, it was a ponderous journey with an underwhelming destination.
- [New] | Júlio Cézar Rodrigues @ Megalomania Cultural [Portuguese]
