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A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Great film that sends a powerful message and I hope everyone watches it to see the effects racism has. A s a Jewish person I found telling of anti Semitic beliefs is important. Henry Bean did his best work here in my opinion and Ryan Gosling gave his best performance. It is R-rated for good reasons but I think everyone should see it as soon as they turn of age. It's another American History X but even better! I think that it works as a film and works as a human story and as a drama. The story is written well. The film comes from a great script and is great. This is me. Mathew Azaria. And my review of the believer! Have a great time watching this classic!

If you are looking for a movie to challenge you intellectually and spiritually - this is it. Ryan Gosling is outstanding in the role of Danny - a Jewish man who challenged Jewish doctrine from an early age - who later turns to the American Nazi movement to find an outlet for his beliefs. But this is a multi-layered film with multiple messages. While he brilliantly espouses the Nazi mythology about Jews (check out the dialogue/rant in the restaurant with the reporter) he is torn by the (what he believes to be) need for the Jewish people to be victimized. (way too deep for me)This movie motivates you to learn more about Jewry and the religion (much like Danny's anti- semitic girl friend). Especially the Jewish belief in "nothingness." A quick Google search on the subject was not very helpful.But since this is a movie review, this movie is superb. I rarely give movies a "9" but this one deserves it. While we are repelled by Ryan Gosling - his beliefs, speech, attitudes AND actions, we are fascinated by the conflict in him which is just below the surface. The flashbacks to his childhood as a student of the Torah are enlightening - and the memories of the holocaust survivors plays on his mind - and shapes his actions. The connection to the past as Nazi atrocities (one in particular) play on Danny, until the dramatic climax in the closing scene.While not necessarily resolving anything, the closing scene is perfect - for the movie and for our thoughts. I highly recommend this movie - hang in there past the disgusting Nazi stuff - it is worth it.

2001's The Believer, Ryan Gosling's Film Debut, Gosling portrays Danny Balint. A young Jewish man who is struggling to understand Judaism, while developing Anti-Semetic views towards the World. Though based on real-life accounts of Ku Klux Klan Member Daniel Burros, who was outed as a Jew, in a News article, which later caused him to take his own life on the day the article was released, in October 1965, the film takes place in the Present Day, with a number of flashbacks to Danny's time in a Jewish School, as a young teen.A powerful, dark, extremely controversial, and resonating film, which garnered almost no recognition, though the performance from Gosling was spectacular. This film far exceeded my expectations.7.7/10

I recently came across The Believer (directed and written by Henry Bean) starring Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Gosling in one of those tortured roles that fit him perfectly. Ryan is Danny Balint, a former yeshiva student that turned into a neo-Nazi. Directly based on the true story of Daniel Burros, this psychological struggle mastered by the intense performance of Ryan Gosling will pin you to your seat. Henry Bean managed to capture the raw emotions of his main character authentically played by Gosling. There is definitely more than abs to the former Disney child star. I was struck by Gosling's performance as a clever but psychologically-troubled mind. His intensity is captivating and the tension he builds within himself is somewhat close to insanity. In The Believer, I witnessed the brutality of Danny's words and actions but I couldn't help but feel bad for the poor guy and the deep struggle he has to face. At first, I obviously hated the character for being such an inhuman monster but when I discovered his demons and his love/hate relationship with his own God and religion, I had trouble being that resolute about his fate. The monologues made me clench my jaw and the constant violence of his deranged self challenged me as a passive viewer. This movie treats a topic not necessarily well-known by everyone: self-hatred in the Jewish community. If you think of starting a collection of neo-Nazism-related movies: The Believer is the one to put right next to the brilliant but different American History X.1 reason to watch: The mesmerizing performance of Gosling on the intense paradox that is self-hatred in the Jewish community of contemporary New York City.Read it here: http://squeerelist.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-believer- 2001.html