True Believer 1989

Critics score:
95 / 100

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: When I see Woods on the screen in the first shot of a movie I sort of smile to myself because I know that something strange and offbeat and maybe even inspired is about to happen. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Woods' angry energy is clarifying as well as terrifying, and when he unleashes it (usually without warning), the effect is to focus our attention where it belongs, not on a suspense story but on the mysteries of human behavior. Read more

Time Out: A riveting legal drama. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Ruben relies too heavily on Woods' whirring turbines to power his scenes. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: What counts in Believer is not what happens but how. This is as good a how as any. Read more