The Club

Name: The Club
Genre: Drama
Released: February 5, 2016
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 73

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Music Box Films | Release Date: February 5, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoidIn a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings. Their fragile stability is disrupted by the arrival of an emissary from the Vatican who seeks to understand the effects of their isolation, and a newly-disgraced housemate. Both bring with them the outside world from which the men have long been removed, and the secrets they had thought deeply buried. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: Pablo Larraín

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Time Out London Dave Calhoun

Mar 21, 2016

What’s most winning about ‘The Club’ is how Larrain manages to allude to the wider structures, behaviour and corruption of the church without ever making this claustrophobic, moody and very local story feel anything but crucial, thrilling and disturbing. Read full review

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Scott Foundas

Dec 10, 2015

Those willing to enter The Club will discover an original and brilliantly acted chamber drama in which Larrain’s fiercely political voice comes through as loud and clear as ever. Read full review

IndieWire Neil Young

Dec 10, 2015

The Club is a bold and bracing allegory of a church tainted by scandals. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Feb 3, 2016

This is no sympathetic drama of absolution, no portrait of forgiveness sought by sinners. Larraín is after something trickier and harder to pin down; he asks us to share real estate with these men, while offering few windows into their heads or hearts, or even a clarification of their crimes. Read full review

Peter Keough

Feb 18, 2016

Enigmatic, atmospheric, and seductive, the film unfortunately sheds little light on subjects that have too long been hidden in the dark. Read full review

Dan Fainaru

Dec 10, 2015

One thing missing in Pablo Larrain’s new movie is a touch of Luis Bunuel. Without it, the fierce sarcastic attack he launches against the Catholic Church looks a little too much like a self-motivated settling of accounts, terribly angry and lacking a perspective that would put it all into the right context. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jan 31, 2016

Pablo Larraín's thematic interests shift toward constructing a didactic tongue-lashing against the Catholic Church disguised as speculative fiction. Read full review

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NickTheCritick

Apr 18, 2022

In a house in a coastal town in Chile where 4 elderly priests live, assisted by a nun, a new father arrives. A man from the street accuses him of abusing him as a child. The priest shoots himself. A young Jesuit, charged with investigating the suicide, uncovers everyone's crimes and vices.In a house in a coastal town in Chile where 4 elderly priests live, assisted by a nun, a new father arrives. A man from the street accuses him of abusing him as a child. The priest shoots himself. A young Jesuit, charged with investigating the suicide, uncovers everyone's crimes and vices. What a meaningful and beautifully directed movie this one directed by Pablo Larrain. The darkness of the church and the dark side of its components explored in a masterly, almost perfect way.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

May 3, 2016

Welcome to the Club, people, may I take your ticket to see this amazing experience of a movie? If that's a yes, then you'll be allowed to watch the entire movie of the Club!

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JLuis_001

Feb 27, 2018

Pablo Larraín wasn’t **** around with this one.

It exposes their hypocrisy and above all, how it’s handled, the typical case where the dirty rags are washed at home
A hard topic without a doubt but speaks of a situation that needs to be exposed, debated and eradicated.

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DogeGamer2015

Mar 20, 2021

La trama es muy buena y el reparto de actores está bien; la recomiendo si te gustan mucho las películas chilenas.

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LeZee

May 23, 2016

A club for the rare kind, but nowadays the number rose.

Sadly, this is the most boring film I have seen in the last 12 months. I have enjoyed many films what others called the worst film of the year. That means I love to take chances, but I was surprised for this which is the least likedA club for the rare kind, but nowadays the number rose.

Sadly, this is the most boring film I have seen in the last 12 months. I have enjoyed many films what others called the worst film of the year. That means I love to take chances, but I was surprised for this which is the least liked by me from the year 2015.

I usually respect films and filmmaking, so I thought to skip reviewing it than writing negatives about it, but then I thought I hadn't written much for the disliked films. Realised I should not go like this being neutral, because I collect my reviews and I wanted all kinds like good, bad, average for my basket.

I never considered myself an atheist or a theist, just a form of a life on the planet earth, so it's nothing to do with the religion for my viewpoint on this. This drama about the corrupted priests was not like I expected, I kind liked the theme, but not the overall film.

It was sent to represent Chile in the recently concluded Oscars, which was a similar theme to the top award winner 'Spotlight' but failed to qualify for the main event. If it was based on the real then my reaction would have been different.

They have tried it with a dark comedy that I was not impressed with the overall presentation. But there were a very few good scenes and it was not enough to win me. I know the majority of those who had watched the film are saying many good stuffs about it, looks like I might be the lone black spot around here that deserves dislike votes, so come guys!! Do it!

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