Rodrigues commits to the preservation of his Christianity, refusing to apostatize no matter what the consequences might be.

| Dec 12, 2023

For all its violence and grandiosity, it stands as an impressively filmed indictment against religious persecution.

| Dec 5, 2023

“Silence” seeks to be something more – a spiritual epic that not only reflects where Scorsese is in his personal journey but challenges us in ours.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 25, 2022

No matter what you believe, Scorsese's film tests its audience with a picture that maintains an uncompromising austerity toward its purpose, yet it proves easier to appreciate than enjoy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 5, 2022

Silence is an example that with passion a film can work when the man behind the project is as motivated and talented as Mr. Scorsese.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Silence is a somber film full of stellar performances. It reminds me of Scorsese's Kundun, in terms of theme and scale. I just wish he does more of these films instead of gangster flicks.

| Jan 8, 2022

[Scorsese's] most challenging film to date: a movie that provokes big questions about faith, selfishness, pride and wisdom.

| Original Score: A | Aug 28, 2021

Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch, better at generating questions than supplying answers -- which, come to think of it, is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2021

Scorsese delivers another film that is incredibly forceful in its narrative while perfectly ambiguous in its conclusions, while still being fulfilling and thought-provoking.

| Apr 13, 2021

A rarity; a big, epic film that values introspection.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 28, 2021

It's not quite the "priestsploitation" nonsense that it could have been, but it's nevertheless redundant, light on engaging drama, and sparse on monumental ideas.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 5, 2020

As an examination of faith and the limits of human physical and emotional endurance, Silence is a damn fine film, even if it doesn't quite measure up to the highest tiers of Scorsese's catalog.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 23, 2020

It instantly provokes thoughtful discussion, delivering a well-balanced, visually rich, emotionally stirring journey that is hard to shake off once it comes to its conclusion.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2020

Silence is a dreadful film from beginning to end.

| Aug 17, 2020

Silence is meant to be challenging. Silence is meant to ask questions on faith and your beliefs. But most importantly, Scorsese leaves that judgement to you.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 17, 2020

In a way, Martin Scorsese's entire career has been leading up to Silence

| Original Score: A+ | Jul 11, 2020

Scorsese offers a testimony on the power of faith and the sacrifices it entails. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 2, 2020

"Silence" feels like throwing stones in a deserted cathedral. Noise and clatter echo and reverberate off the walls, but in the end all we're left with is silence, an empty exercise in spiritual posturing.

| Original Score: C | Jul 2, 2020

The film completes what would be Scorsese's spiritual trilogy that started with The Last Temptation of Christ and continued with Kundun. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 27, 2020

It is a film that is worthy of -- and will likely inspire -- a great deal of discussion, contemplation, debate, and yes, even criticism. And it may be the movie I most enjoyed talking about with others in 2016.

| Apr 30, 2020