After what seems like years of waiting, Paul Thomas Anderson’s uber-anticipated “The Master” is being released this Friday.
In it, Joaquin Phoenix plays a troubled ex-navy man who becomes enraptured by a new religion and the individual who started it (Philip Seymour Hoffman). The film has went on to sweep film festivals — Paul Thomas Anderson won Venice’s prestigious Silver Lion Award for direction and Phoenix and Hoffman, shared the best acting award.
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But how have the critics reacted to this cerebral darling? Below, a round up of what everyone’s saying about “The Master.”
PHOTOS:
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Anthony Lane (New Yorker)
On reflection, and despite these cavils, we should bow to The Master, because it gives us so much to revere, <a href=”http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2012/09/17/120917crci_cinema_lane” target=”_hplink”>starting with the image that opens the film and recurs right up to the end</a>.
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Karina Longworth (Village Voice)
It’s a film of breathtaking cinematic romanticism and near-complete denial of conventional catharsis. You might wish it gave you more in terms of comfort food pleasure, <a href=”http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-09-12/film/the-master-paul-thomas-anderson-film-review/” target=”_hplink”>but that’s not Anderson’s problem</a>.
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Linda Holmes (NPR)
Gorgeous to look at and <a href=”http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/09/11/160927341/tiff-12-strong-performances-highlight-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master?ft=1&f=1045″ target=”_hplink”>an absolute feast of strong and interesting acting</a>.
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Calum Marsh (Slant Magazine)
The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson with the edges sanded off, <a href=”http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-master/6501″ target=”_hplink”>the best bits shorn down to nubs</a>.
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Scott Tobias (AV Club)
It’s a feisty, contentious, deliberately misshapen film, designed to challenge and frustrate audiences looking for a clean resolution. <a href=”http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-master,84866/” target=”_hplink”>Just because it’s over doesn’t mean it’s settled</a>.
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Katey Rich (CinemaBlend.com)
The Master is unforgettable, but like the mercurial men at its center, the harder you try to read into it, <a href=”http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/The-Master-6016.html” target=”_hplink”>the more it slips away into the distance</a>.
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Christy Lemire (Associated Press)
In his first film since the 2010 performance-art stunt of “I’m Still Here,” <a href=”http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/10/review-andersons-gorgeous-challenging-master/” target=”_hplink”>Phoenix once again digs deep to mine his character’s inner torment and comes up with a mix of haunting quirks and tics</a>.
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Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
It’s a sharply written, unforgettably directed character study <a href=”http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/cult_hit_yYhSsDuGHem6QoS3QLwebL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Movies” target=”_hplink”>with brilliant performances by Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams</a>…
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Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)
I believe in the church of Paul Thomas Anderson. Fierce and ferociously funny, The Master is a great movie, <a href=”http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-master-20120910″ target=”_hplink”>the best of the year so far, and a new American classic</a>.
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David Edelstein (New York Magazine)
Anderson is a romantic who has earned his nihilism. He clarifies nothing, <a href=”http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/edelstein-on-the-master.html” target=”_hplink”>but leaves us brooding on our own confusion</a>.
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