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The Master

Genres
Drama
Rating
7.1
Status
Released
R
Release Date2012-09-14
Runtime137 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$32,000,000
Revenue$28,258,060
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Overview

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
sexual obsession
religion
drifter
alcoholic
handjob
post war
cult leader
scientology
religious cult
charismatic leader
right hand man
1940s
past life regression
nude dancing

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18 total
Trailer
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Cast & Crew

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Joaquin Phoenix

as Freddie Quell

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Lancaster Dodd

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Amy Adams

as Peggy Dodd

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Rami Malek

as Clark

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Laura Dern

as Helen Sullivan

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Jesse Plemons

as Val Dodd

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Ambyr Childers

as Elizabeth Dodd

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Madisen Beaty

as Doris Solstad

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Kevin J. O'Connor

as Bill White

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Patty McCormack

as Mildred Drummond

Reviews

2
P

Pugwash

Mar 16, 2013

Modern self-indulgent rubbish. Too long. I gained nothing from watching this. It's nicely photographed, but that is a given in the 21st century. The acting is fine, but this is a review of the movie as a whole. Don't waste your time.

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F

Filipe Manuel Neto

May 27, 2023

5/10

**It's a film for a fairly narrow audience and is very slow paced... too slow.** Honestly, I expected more from this movie. A certain strong dramatic spark that really justified the time spent watching it. Unfortunately, it seems the only motivation for seeing the film is its criticism of the Church of Scientology, a criticism that, if you read …

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