| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

A labor of love coming to fruition after 13 years, this is Robert Duvall's third and best directorial effort, a sharply observed exploration of a preacher who embarks on a redemption odyssey after committing a crime.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 18, 2006

Disturbing but thought-provoking depiction of genuine faith coexisting with sin and carnality… like the troubling fiction of Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Flannery O'Connor, a vindication of belief without being a vindication of every believer.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 12, 2002

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

"The Apostle" is like a lesson in how movies can escape from convention and penetrate the hearts of rare characters.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A- | Jan 30, 1998