Check out Darren’s thoughts on his challenge movie for this week, The Believer (2001)
This weeks Challenge from Rob comes this film coming out just a couple of years after American History X. while Rob has has a good run of film choices I can’t help but think this could just be a speed bump in films I would enjoy.
Director: Henry Bean
Writer: Henry Bean (Screenplay) Henry Bean, Mark Jacobson (Story)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Garret Dillahunt, Kris Eivers, Joel Marsh Garland, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell, Summer Phoenix
Plot: A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Slow and Confusing
Story: The Believer starts with Danny (Gosling) following before attacking a Jewish man for no apparent reason. When Danny…
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MovieRob 
Gosling is great here. The movie itself isn’t so much, but it helps him enough. Nice review.
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