The Apostate

Name: The Apostate
Genre: Comedy
Released: September 9, 2016
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 66

2016

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: September 9, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: An existential comedy about a man (Alvaro Ogalla) trying to make himself an apostate of the Catholic Church.

Director: Federico Veiroj

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Jonathan Holland

Sep 8, 2016

Despite his clear interest in matters philosophical, Veiroj has a built-in anti-pomp detector and The Apostate, with its winsomely shambling central character, is always deft, engaging and teeming with ideas. Read full review

Lee Marshall

Sep 8, 2016

Like the film, the soundtrack doesn’t quite know where it’s going, but it takes us on a curious and often engaging stroll. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Sep 8, 2016

Ogalla makes it happen: Bedroom-eyed and shaggy, looking every inch like a reincarnation of dead-too-soon ‘70s French star Patrick Dewaere but without the haywire intensity, he's an amiable spectacle. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 28, 2016

It’s a movie that ultimately may mean more to those raised in heavily Catholic cultures, but it has an engaging prickliness as a satiric peek into the life of a brooding idealist. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Sep 8, 2016

The Apostate finds humor in unusual images or situations, few resounding with lasting impact. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Sep 8, 2016

Gonzalo’s dalliances add up to precious little, but Veiroj’s comic tone finds purchase in his absurd run-ins with the bishop and a church so unwilling to lose a member from the rolls that they’ll stick him in a bureaucratic roundabout until he gives up. Read full review

Andy Webster

Sep 8, 2016

The Uruguayan director Federico Veiroj’s leisurely comedy-drama The Apostate has its charms, though the story (and its hero) could benefit from a tarter approach. Read full review

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