The Reckoning
The Reckoning

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In 14th-century England, a young monk breaks his vow of chastity and flees the wrath of his bishop and fellow monks. A fugitive priest, he then witnesses the murder of a traveling performer--and subsequently, the mourning of actor by his fellow troupe members. He eventually becomes initiated into the troupe as a player, replacing the murdered man. They travel from town to town performing their standard morality play. They arrive in a town where a boy has been killed and a you... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Reckoning:

Paul Bettany
Willem Dafoe
Tom Hardy
Brian Cox
Simon McBurney
Luke de Woolfson

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In 14th-century England, a young monk breaks his vow of chastity and flees the wrath of his bishop and fellow monks. A fugitive priest, he then witnesses the murder of a traveling performer--and subsequently, the mourning of actor by his fellow troupe members. He eventually becomes initiated into the troupe as a player, replacing the murdered man. They travel from town to town performing their standard morality play. They arrive in a town where a boy has been killed and a young deaf-mute girl has been imprisoned for the crime--sentenced to death for witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover that the townspeople know the young woman did not, in fact, commit the murder. The stage becomes a place where vital human truth is told. Thus, simultaneously, the fugitive priest comes to terms with his own crime and makes a powerful sacrifice, thereby redeeming himself.

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Dallas Observer - 9/10 by Gregory WeinkaufThis is a brilliant and unpretentious movie to raise the bar for contemporary popular entertainment, designed for the upper-tier thinkers at the multiplex.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by Carla MeyerCelebrates the craft of acting both in its story and in fine performances.
Charlotte Observer - 8/10 by Lawrence ToppmanIt's made with seriousness, intelligence and craft, and filmgoers who aren't put off by the slow pace of life in 1380 should see it.
Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Roger EbertHas just a little too much of the whodunit and the thriller and not enough of the temper of its clash between cultures, but it works, maybe because the simplicity of the underlying plot is masked by the oddness of the characters.
Entertainment Weekly - 8/10 by Lisa SchwarzbaumThe Reckoning, with a script by Mark Mills, demands close attention; it's a play of words and ideas crowding for consideration.
Miami Herald - 6/10 by Connie OgleFar more imaginative and intriguingly moody than other recent thrillers.
Chicago Tribune - 6/10 by Robert K. ElderThe notion that stories are the lies that tell the truth isn't new -- even Shakespeare knew that -- but the central conceit of "let's save lives by putting on a play" seems not only artificial, but also hollow.
Variety - 6/10 by Lael LoewensteinHas its flaws, among them a certain self-righteousness and a complicated storyline, but it is never less than gripping thanks to its gifted international cast.
Los Angeles Times - 6/10 by Manohla DargisThe Reckoning isn't great by any means and there are moments during the final stretch when it isn't even good. But for its first hour or so, the story moves at a steady clip, generating enough mystery to keep you guessing and enough atmosphere to keep you interested.
TV Guide Magazine - 6/10 by Maitland McDonaghAn intriguing mix of the familiar and the alien. DaFoe's distinctly American speech patterns are a little jarring amid a tangle of British inflections (French actor Cassel's accent is justified within the story), but it doesn't spoil the film's overall effect.

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