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The Master

2012

Paul Thomas Anderson

Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Rami Malek ...

6.3

23,615

Drama A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a Naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future—until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Paul Thomas Anderson's extraordinary character study -- with a career-defining performance from Joaquin Phoenix -- is not the Scientology exposé everyone was expecting (...) 'The Master' is masterful for sure"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"Paul Thomas Anderson's epic tale of postwar America offers catnip for the senses and succour for the soul (...) If there were ever a movie to cause the lame to walk and the blind to see, 'The Master' may just be it (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A sustained immersion in a series of hypnotic moods and longueurs, an imposing picture that thrillingly and sometimes maddeningly refuses to conform to expectations"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"I believe in the church of Paul Thomas Anderson. Fierce and ferociously funny, 'The Master' is a great movie, the best of the year so far, and a new American classic (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Aiming for epic, it's undeniably thought-provoking, but too ambiguous to fully satisfy (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU

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