This overblown, yet strangely immersive Faustian tale takes the narrative foundations of a Shakespearean tragedy and forces them through a Gothic filter with erratic results.
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This review of The Monk (2011) was written by Patrick Gamble and published by CineVue on 07 Jan 2019.
The Monk has generally received mixed reviews.
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