He and his colleague Father Garrpe (Adam Driver) are told that their mentor - their confessor and spiritual teacher, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson) - has turned apostate. It tells the story of Portuguese Jesuit missionary Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield), who gets some disturbing news at the start of the film. As bad movies often do, “Silence” sucks energy from the audience, and it does so for a punishing two hours and 41 minutes. It is an exhausting film to watch, but it’s not exhausting emotionally, because it barely engages the emotions. The dialogue feels off, as if rendered from the Japanese by Google Translate, and the conversations go on and on and on. Its performances are tin-eared and histrionic. But “Silence” is not just sincere, it’s naive. Of course, Scorsese is one of our great filmmakers and that, coupled with the film’s unmistakable sincerity, could lead a person to mistake “Silence” for an important piece of work. Well, at least it’s good that he got it over with. The feudal lords of Japan tortured many Roman Catholics during the 17th century, and yet the numbers of their victims pale when you consider how many people Martin Scorsese will ultimately torture with “Silence.” Based on the novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo, this has been a dream project of Scorsese’s for nearly three decades, and it’s good that he got to make it. Facebook Twitter Email Andrew Garfield, left, as Jesuit priest Father Rodriguez, and Shinya Tsukamoto as a Japanese Christian, in Martin Scorsese's "Silence." Paramount Pictures
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