When director has a crisis of faith

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2017)

***MILD SPOILERS***
It's as anti-religious as it's gonna get (the end sequence when Neeson tells Garfield that "they didn't die for Jesus, they died for you" is absolutely obvious). Before I watched it tonight, I've read a couple reviews and discussions and... how the hell could you perceive this as Christian propaganda? It's ANTI-Christian! It's about a couple of well-off dudes wreaking havoc on a bunch of credulous farmers. It's about powertripping.
Holy sh@t, the protagonist has a crisis of faith every single time he faces an obstacle, and he recovers his faith the moment he gets to wield power over fellow human (confessions, baptisms, mess) and then loses it again.
Still, it's definitely not a 10/10 movie. I enjoyed it, it's worth your money, it is worth of Scorsese's legacy, acting is top notch, and the pacing felt right to me, but the story itself falls apart at times and the movie has to fall back to characters to carry the narrative further.
Honestly, watch it. Regardless on your stance on faith. If you like slow-rolling period dramas, you'll have a wonderful time in Silence.