Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

jorgefk Excellent film, a high contrast mirror of how the majority of humans understand religion, not beyond of a sun and moon believes. High contrast since it is what offers the culture in a middle age Japan, but this works as a mirror for a reflection about the state of the religious believes till our days world wide; it shows that the homo sapiens IQ is not enough to understand the message of Jesus, humans projects all intent of wisdom into their own selfish interest. Well done very deep speaks of Liam Neeson. A complete description of the human pattern in only one masterpiece.

cinephile-27690 I am a Christian and love religious dramas, and this is my favorite along with "The Star" and "The Last Temptation of Christ", which is from the same director. It's great that the director of Casino and The Wolf of Wall Street decided to do a profanity free devout movie. I wrote all of this a while back and decided I needed to rewrite the rest. Like I said, this is my favorite movie, with 2 others tied. If I had to pick one of the 3, it is easily Silence. Now why do I love it more than other movie I have watched? I could go on forever with that, it would be longer than the movie(160 minutes.) In short, it's a thought provoking look at faith. Go on YouTube and watch the 43 minute YouTube video: "The Movie Proposal Episode 12: Silence." Skye Jethani will help me out there. See Silence. It is fantastic. I literally could not stop praising it. A+, gold star, 10/10, etc.!

grantss 1630s. Christians in Japan are being persecuted and news now reaches Lisbon that the senior Jesuit priest in Japan, Padre Ferreira, has renounced his faith. Two Jesuit priests set out to Japan to not only find Ferreira but also to continue his ministry. Interesting drama, directed by Martin Scorsese. Quite gritty in its depiction of the persecution Christians faced, as well as the dilemmas they faced. The moral quandaries of the priests when faced with torture and death, not only of themselves of their flock, are explored well. Some good themes covered, especially faith and what one has to do to remain true to it. Powerful ending.However, far from perfect. The movie moves at a glacial pace and is quite long-winded and verbose: many themes and dilemmas are repeated unnecessarily. Quite difficult to remain engaged and focussed when things happen so slowly. Some editing would have gone a long way.

waldrusso Scorsese's movie is a remake of a much greater Japanese classical film and it is based on a Japanese novel. As in "The Departed", Scorsese makes a remake of an Asian movie without being true to the main theme of the original one. It is incredible how you create an adaption of "Chinmoku" with a happy ending. The movie is not about that. The entire story is a philosophical question about whether Jesus himself would have apostatized in that situation. The main idea is not to answer the question but to make the audience think about it. Scorsese answer the question himself and completely destroyed the main idea behind the movie.