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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 12 Sep 2012

This superb, cerebral film about unchecked belief is a fictionalized and cutting drama hinging on the origins of Scientology…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Sep 2012

Anderson has taken pains to re-create the '50s with superb production design and gorgeous cinematography…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 12 Sep 2012

It is a movie about the lure and folly of greatness that comes as close as anything I've seen recently to being a great movie…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for Movieline (883) on 12 Sep 2012

What makes The Master such a singular experience, as dense as a mille-feuille, is that it is not Lancaster's story but Freddie's, and told…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 12 Sep 2012

Paul Thomas Anderson's remarkable sixth feature addresses, by extension, the all-too-human process of eager seekers falling under the spell…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 11 Sep 2012

It's a feisty, contentious, deliberately misshapen film, designed to challenge and frustrate audiences looking for a clean resolution…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Sep 2012

It's a sharply written, unforgettably directed character study with brilliant performances by Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 10 Sep 2012

I'd trade much of The Master for one extraordinary moment played by the ever-improving Amy Adams, in front of the bathroom mirror with Hoffman…

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By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Sep 2012

It's a film of breathtaking cinematic romanticism and near-complete denial of conventional catharsis…

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By Calum Marsh (242) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Sep 2012

The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson with the edges sanded off, the best bits shorn down to nubs…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 09 Sep 2012

Written, directed, acted, shot, edited and scored with a bracing vibrancy that restores your faith in film as an art form, The Master is nirvana…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 09 Sep 2012

On reflection, and despite these cavils, we should bow to The Master, because it gives us so much to revere, starting with the image that opens…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 07 Sep 2012

If I seem cool, it might be because I came in hoping for the same level of blood-and-thunder as in the Evangelical scenes of There Will Be…

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By Sara Maria Vizcarrondo (199) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 01 Sep 2012

The Master is big screen marvel intended for 70mm projection (a rare treat), with some beautiful imagery, but often inaudible dialogue…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 31 Aug 2012

While the movie is glorious to watch, it brings no coherence or insight to its two main characters…

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By Xan Brooks (287) for The Guardian (2,969) on 31 Aug 2012

The themes may be contentious, but the handling is perfect…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 31 Aug 2012

Two things stand out: the extraordinary command of cinematic technique, which alone is nearly enough to keep a connoisseur on the edge of his…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 31 Aug 2012

The writer-director's typically eccentric sixth feature is a sustained immersion in a series of hypnotic moods and longueurs, an imposing picture…

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By Charlie Schmidilin (1) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 Aug 2012

Even amongst its most wrenching scenes of unfettered anger and broken loyalty, a volatile sensuality nonetheless invades every frame of Paul…

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