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IMDb rating 7.1
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Critic rating 9.2

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 9

...means to unsettle—not through the startling violence of Punch Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood, or the emotional crescendos of Magnolia, but through a central relationship that’s played for the highest stakes.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Damon Wise
rated 10

An often brilliant ’50s-throwback character drama that never feels nostalgic, with terrific central performances and a luminous, unforgettable visual beauty.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Xan Brooks
rated 10

It's an arresting and utterly absorbing psychological drama of marginal lives, an emotional history of charlatanism and gimcrack philosophy, a world of snakeoil truth salesmen offering self-medication of the spirit...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Nikolaj Kennov
rated 10

I auteuren Paul Thomas Andersons seneste kunststykke ligger alt på en gyngende grund, og publikum svuppes ud af kuvøsen i en film, der tør tage kunstneriske virkemidler i brug uden at forfalde til lette kompromisser.

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Ronny Svensson
rated 8

Paul Thomas Anderson har aldrig gjort mig besviken i biosalongen och The Master är en fortsättning på en lång rad strålande och personliga verk. Finns många tolkningar av denna rulle, bl a att det skulle handla om Scientologernas framväxt, det är ...

4 months ago
Critic Victor Schultz
rated 8

...framförallt skådespelarnas film, Joaquin Phoenix, Phillip Seymour Hoffman och Amy Adams får alla chansen att spela ut och pressa sina prestationer till max.

Read full review at Nöjesguiden
Critic Lee Marshall
rated 8

En af de store fornøjelser ved P.T. Andersons instruktion er hans arbejde med skuespillerne, og hans to fremragende hovedrolleindehavere trækker på deres indre dæmoner i et omfang, som må have været udmattende.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko
Critic Viktor Jerner
rated 10

Allt är av absolut högsta klass och inget lämnas åt slumpen. Man ler, man förtrollas, man gråter. Lätt 2012 års bästa film hittills, precis som jag hoppades på.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Laura Dern
As Helen Sullivan
Philip Seymour Hoffman
As Lancaster Dodd
Amy Adams
As Peggy Dodd
Kevin J. O'Connor
As Bill White
Lena Endre
As Mrs. Solstad

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The Master follows the story of Freddie Quell, a World War II Navy veteran struggling to adjust to post-war society. He finds himself drawn to Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a nascent philosophical movement known as the Cause. Despite his initial skepticism, Freddie becomes Dodd's right-hand man and begins to question everything he has been taught. As the movement gains popularity, Freddie's faith in Dodd is put to the test, and he begins to wonder if his mentor is truly a spiritual guide or a fraud. The film explores themes of trauma, manipulation, and the power of belief in shaping our lives.

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