Silence (2016)
Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound.
Silence rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 130K votes
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic79%
TMDb7.115/10· 3K votesWith 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 79/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Silence
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Cast of Silence
Andrew Garfield
as Rodrigues
Adam Driver
as Garupe
Liam Neeson
as Ferreira
Tadanobu Asano
as Interpreter
Ciarán Hinds
as Father Valignano
Issey Ogata
as Old Samurai / Inoue
Shinya Tsukamoto
as Mokichi
Yoshi Oida
as Ichizo
Yosuke Kubozuka
as Kichijiro
- K
Kaoru Endō
as Unzen Samurai (Uneme)
- D
Diego Calderón
as Prisoner Augustinian Friar #2
- R
Rafael Kading
as Prisoner Augustinian Friar #1
Silence facts
- Budget
- $46M
- Box office
- $23.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Meditative philosophical inquiry into faith and doubt proves intellectually challenging
- •Visionary direction crafts contemplative atmosphere with patient measured pacing
- •Complex moral examination transcends simple good versus evil narrative
What the audience disliked
- •Slow deliberate pace tests patience severely limiting mainstream appeal
- •Bleak unresolved ending frustrates viewers seeking narrative resolution closure
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