Release Date : Mar 8, 2013 Limited Genre Movie :Mystery & Suspense,Drama
Actors :Vincent Cassel,Déborah François,Joséphine Japy,Sergi López,Catherine Mouchet,Jordi Dauder,Geraldine Chaplin,Roxane Duran,Frederic Noaille,Javivi,Pierre-Felix Graviere,Martine Vandeville,Franco Nero,Nathalie Delon,Nicol Williamson,Nadja Tiller,Denis ManuelMpaa Rating : R Plot Story : A supernatural thriller adapted from Matthew G. Lewis' (now cult) 1796 gothic novel, THE MONK traces the corruption of a 16th Century, pious Capuchin Monk. Abandoned at birth at the gates of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, Brother Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), raised by the friars, grows up into a preacher admired far and wide for his fervor. Ambrosio is feared for his righteousness and believes he is immune from temptation - until the arrival of a mysterious apprentice undermines his convictions and leads him down a dangerous path of sin, corruption and murder.(c)
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Critics Ranting For The Monk : 5.8Critics Percentage For The Monk : 63 %
User Ranting Movie The Monk : 3.1
User Count Like for The Monk : 1,813
Review For Movie The Monk
A work whose elegant atmospherics ultimately overwhelm the story, even with the terrific Vincent Cassel in the title role.Sheri Linden-Los Angeles Times
What repulsed Coleridge in the novel clearly amuses the French director Dominik Moll in his diverting if somewhat thin adaptation.
Manohla Dargis-New York Times
By the end, "The Monk" has revealed itself to be a too- predictable potboiler, served piping hot.
Soren Anderson-Seattle Times
If only director Dominik Moll (who has clearly studied his Luis Buñuel) had not staged this bitter psychological horror story at half speed.
Colin Covert-Minneapolis Star Tribune
A beautiful-looking film that portends disaster. And disaster arrives, eventually. It just takes its time getting there.
Bill Goodykoontz-Arizona Republic
Not bad for a robe-ripper along the lines of The Thorn Birds, but Diary of a Country Priest it ain't.
J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader
This is a fascinating character study about spirituality and religious responsibility that smartly doesn't take its more melodramatic elements very seriously.
Todd Jorgenson-Cinemalogue.com
I confess: I fast-forwarded through most of it.
Staci Layne Wilson-Yahoo! Movies
Dominik Moll never addresses Matthew Gregory Lewis's original groundbreaking ideas in The Monk, nor does he rework the material for a contemporary audience.
Tina Hassannia-Slant Magazine
Not to be mistaken for a serious treatment of religious fervor or clerical corruption, "The Monk" is instead a knowingly over-the-top bit of gothic nuttiness.
Marc Mohan-Oregonian
It's garish and crazy (and in French), so it's probably not for everyone. But I can't imagine anyone getting bored.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Moll's careful direction ensures a balance of the supernatural and the temporal - Ambrosio could either be seen as a victim of demonic forces within his own monastery or the sole architect of his moral downfall.
Mary Clare Waireri-Fan The Fire
Vincent Cassel does his utmost to make his character intense and compelling, but negligible character development means he fails to hold our interest.
Christopher Tookey-Daily Mail [UK]
All talk, no action, The Monk looks good but is weighed down by the Catholic guilt it's trying to critique.
-Film4
Studded with lovely painterly images, but ends up feeling cramped and stagey.
Andrew Osmond-SFX Magazine
The movie broods like nobody's business, setting us up for a temptingly black slab of cassocks-off ecclesiastical depravity.
Tim Robey-Daily Telegraph
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