Reviews

There's a lot to see and hear in this picture, so trying to follow an obnoxiously slow pace was a chore the first two times, and I resented this film for it, even though I champion slowly paced films.

Dodd's wife, daughter, and son-in-law for instance, seem to welcome Freddie to the fold with open arms, but around the same time we realize what Dodd really is, we see the family close ranks around him and warn him that Freddie is a danger to their existence.

It is not easy to get a hold of either the intentions or motivations of Freddie Quell and Lancaster Dodd.

Both the Joaquin Phoenix from that movie and the "Freddie" character he plays in The Master are crazy, rollicking, sex obsessed, substance abusing laughing idiots.