Movie Review

The Believer (2002)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | May 31, 2002
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Limited Release: May 17, 2002; Rated: R; Length: 100 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Ryan Gosling and Summer Phoenix; Distributor: Fireworks Pictures

The Believer, the estimable, controversial 2001 Sundance prizewinner, finally gets a theatrical release. An explosively talented Ryan Gosling stars as Danny Balint, an Orthodox Jewish young man who becomes a neo-Nazi skinhead out of a twisted, erudite love-hate of his own God. This intense project, directed by Henry Bean, provokes, troubles, and shocks, perhaps even more in the current world climate than when it was made.

Originally posted May 31, 2002 Published in issue #656 May 31, 2002 Order article reprints
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