The Master (2012)

Review: The Master (2012)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons,

Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams
Amy Adams
Laura Dern
Laura Dern
Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons

Plot: 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.

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Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s <i>The Master</i>

Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master

As Felix Unger was fond of saying in The Odd Couple, “When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.” Based on my experience of Paul Thomas Anderson’s previous films, which have been equal parts exhilarating and irritating, I […]

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