Of Gods and Men

  • 2010


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Positive Reviews 58
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.9/5
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2.5
Beauvois admires the monks steadfastness, but doesnt seem to understand it. Av Club
4.0
There are numerous sequences of tremendous emotional power here, none more so than one in which the monks gather together to sing an ancient Gregorian .. Austin Chronicle
4.0
The film concerns itself with the monks deliberations, practical and spiritual, as to whether or not they men should stay in their monastery at this d .. Time Out
3.3
This distance is part of what makes the movie such a hagiography, and while Of Gods and Men has an arty look and style its almost utterly without comp .. Paste Magazine
3.8
I found myself resisting the films pull of easy emotion.There are fundamental questions here, and the film doesnt engage them. Rogerebert
3.0
Its a grave and thoughtful film, and certainly not a bad one, for all my twinges of scepticism about how deep its insights really go. Telegraph
3.8
Yet war is encroaching on that house.The fundamentalist rebels are targeting Algerians and foreigners alike killing teenage girls for not wearing the .. The Globe And Mail
5.0
The grand prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Xavier Beauvois extraordinarily moving and troubling Of Gods and Men enters the quiet, me .. Philly
5.0
It is one of those transcendent moments in cinema where the spiritual qualities of believers shine brightly from their hearts to ours, leaving us with .. Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Contemplative as it means to be, Of Gods and Men is not without generic excitement. Village Voice
3.8
Of Gods and Men is a quietly compelling and sober minded, if not particularly emotional treatment of an infamous incident in the global clash of Islam .. Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
But it never did.It instead had its plodding religious moments and aside from being reverent and sympathetic to the beleaguered saintly monks, it took .. Sover
4.0
No one knows for sure what happened to the seven French monks who were kidnapped during the Algerian civil war and found dead in May 1996. Chicago Reader
4.5
Lambert Wilson, Jean Marie Frin, and Philippe Laudenbach (left to right) portray French monks (Christian, Paul, and Celestin, respectively) whose devo .. Cs Monitor
1.5
...perfect Best Foreign language Film Oscar bait, offering viewers a frisson of spirituality with none of the demands of actually believing in a creed .. Film Journal
4.4
Instead, its something stranger, deeper, and richer: an experience that takes us right up to the edge of human experience and peers into the unknown. Boston
4.5
This is the point where the film genuinely establishes itself as a more intelligent drama than it might easily have been. Mountain X
5.0
Of Gods and Men is a quiet, austere film that is more electrifying than a dozen action movies. Star Tribune
5.0
I can only say I found it thrillingly audacious, moving and real. Guardian
3.0
Confirms without really challenging our readily held beliefs about the nobility of selflessness and sacrifice. Reel Talk Reviews
4.2
That devotion is never so movingly expressed as when the men join in the beautifully plain chant that fills the soundtrack. Ew
4.0
The Cannes Jurys 2010 Grand Prix winner, this sublime French drama is tender and quietly terrifying, deeply beautiful and genuinely inspirational. Empire
3.8
Indeed, this is probably the best long, slow, depressing movie about monks youll ever get a chance to see. Sf Gate
4.4
If spirituality often begets a smug apoliticalism and religion is more often misapplied than not, the two can also be a force for progressive action. Slant Magazine
2.0
The film would work much better if it made more of an effort to put the monks up against the outer world because one of the films chief questions is w .. Slant Magazine
4.2
The film has a poetic flow to it that is punctuated with the horrors taking place just beyond the walls of the abbey. Reeling Reviews
4.5
The film has a poetic flow to it that is punctuated with the horrors taking place just beyond the walls of the abbey. Reeling Reviews
3.5
It goes to show how much French cinema differs from its American counterpart, because a movie this painstaking, somber and quiet would never be a hit .. Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained everything you need to know after watching Feature The Haunting of Hill House ending leaves a lot of quest .. Total Film
2.0
All that can be said is that Beauvois, who co wrote the script with Etienne Comar, avoids any real scrutiny of the monks refusal to leave.Since martyr .. Hollywood Reporter
0.0
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach. Tony Medley
2.5
This French entry for the 2010 Foreign Language Oscar is a plodding account of the predictable fate of eight French Christian monks living in war torn .. Coles Mithey
4.0
Austere yet provocative, this is not only a film about faith, it also has faith that the power generated by complex moral decisions can be as unstoppa .. Los Angeles Times
4.4
Xavier Beauvois much feted drama Of Gods And Men is a film of quiet contemplation about men of quiet contemplation, Trappist monks inhabiting a provin .. Groucho Reviews
3.8
Yet the same kind of faith can drive them just as powerfully to do good.Thats a mystery that even years of quiet study will never puzzle out. Nj
4.5
Quite properly, it is movie more full of questions than answers, a sobering look at the struggles of conscience. Movie Habit
5.0
The temptation is great to paint this picture in stark shades of black and white, bad Muslims vs. good Christians. The Star
3.5
That neither benefits from the encounter should come as no surprise to anyone with the slightest knowledge of human history. Oregon Live
3.8
Just as the monks live an austere, thoughtful life, Beauvois direction is low key and reflective. New York Post
4.5
My enthusiasm for Xavier Beauvois elegant and restrained Of Gods and Men is mitigated only by the sure knowledge that it is not a movie for everyone a .. Ar Kansas Online
3.8
But instead, Of Gods and Men is quiet, unassuming and honest about the very difficult decision of putting your spiritual principles before your physic .. Larsen On Film
4.4
That audiences knew beforehand that the film ends in the murder of eight Catholic monks makes its warm reception all the more striking. Christianity Today
4.0
Of Gods and Men is that rarest of films: an illuminating, pro religious meditation on faith and courage in the face of certain death. Matts Movie Reviews
4.2
Whats stunning about Of Gods and Men is how skillfully it balances the fears stirred up by the encroaching extremists. Brian Or Ndorf
3.0
The performances by the ensemble cast are uniformly good, though a few stand out. The Filmy Ap
4.9
Ultimately, A Good Man is a captivating, heartfelt and unflinchingly honest documentary brimming with warmth and humor. Nyc Movie Guru
3.8
But as history violently repeats itself, the stories of those who quietly resist its aggression too often go unnoticed. Js Online
4.0
The moral and spiritual dilemma at the foundation of Xavier Beauvoiss award winning Of Gods and Men is a fascinating one that drives this complex dram .. Hollywood Chicago
4.0
Why I Should See It: This looks like the kind of fun genre thrill ride that we dont often see in theatres. ComingSoon
4.0
Unforgiving Islamic fundamentalism is on the march, demanding that foreigners leave the country. Sky
4.5
The monks dont speak their minds often, but when they do, the actors infuse their utterances with bottomless grace and humility yet very human dread a .. Mercury News
4.0
Of Gods and Men can be a little heavy handed in its storytelling at times, but the confident direction and strong performances ensure it is an absorbi .. The Skinny
3.8
What works: Above all, it is a thoughtful film, an evenly paced meditation on faith and sacrifice. No La
3.8
Winter in Wartime is shot beautifully and it evokes its setting well, but sometimes the movie relies a little too much on plot trickery and not enough .. Scene Stealers
4.8
It is luminously beautiful, suffused by beauty natural and manmade, sacred and secular, moral and spiritual. Decent Films
3.5
High in the rolling hills of Algeria in the mid 1990s, a group of French Roman Catholic monks lives the monastic life meditating, praying, studying, a .. East Bay Express
3.5
But such moments present a human face amidst horror.Lambert Wilson is compelling as the thoughtful prior. Tony Mack
4.2
Audiences will be spiritually moved by the beautiful voices singing the liturgical Gregorian chants. Entertainment Spectrum
4.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh .. New York Time Out
3.5
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5.0
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3.5
Ultimately, Beauvois gives the thorny decision apposite grace and weight. Cinema Scope
4.0
The naturalistic performances and Beauvoiss almost documentary style of filmmaking means that Of Gods and Men always feels sincere. Cinema Autopsy
5.0
Its a heart piercing moment, one of many in a singular drama that proffers hope but no pat answers. Cinema Dope
2.5
Certified Copy plays like an exercise, and one whose talky script should have been tightened, but its a provocative and strikingly shot one; the direc .. France 24
4.5
It is a powerfully unglamorous appeal.It asks us to see in our own hearts the same sinfulness that we find in our enemies. Cardus



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