Pilgrimage

The Playlist by Ally Johnson

Pilgrimage has all of the parts of a strong, engaging film. It just never learns how best to fit those pieces together.

Slant Magazine by Derek Smith

The film remains too uncompromisingly black and white as a character study and a story of the conflicts of faith.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Pilgrimage alternates long stretches of tedium with ultra-violent sequences that have the feel of medieval torture porn.

RogerEbert.com by Glenn Kenny

Pilgrimage is the kind of movie one fears is going out of style forever. A historical action drama, serious in tone and intent but also invested in delivering movie-movie thrills.

TheWrap by Inkoo Kang

Pilgrimage travels quite far on the momentum provided by a series of reveals. Each shifts the film’s stakes significantly enough that we look forward to the next divulgence as much as the succeeding battle scene. It ultimately stumbles when it reaches for depth, arriving at a hollow conclusion that mistakes cynicism for profundity.

Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh

For all its bloody and violent genre trappings, Pilgrimage — directed by Brendan Muldowney and written by Jamie Hannigan — is a gorgeously shot film that carefully renders the details of this fascinating historical period.

The New York Times by Ken Jaworowski

Pilgrimage raises a question or two about unexamined beliefs and religious zeal. Those questions, as well as all that blood, won’t appeal to everyone. But those who can stomach them will receive some dark rewards.

Chicago Sun-Times by Richard Roeper

Holland does fine work as the novice, but it’s Bernthal who owns the screen as The Mute, who will protect the relic and his brothers at all costs. It’s fiercely effective work.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

Bernthal’s resolute, fearsome and touching performance make this Pilgrimage well worth the journey.