Pilgrimage's reviews
Media reviews
Roger Ebert
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.
Chicago Sun-Times
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.
The Playlist
Bernthal, as always, is wonderful in his wordless role [...] Pilgrimage has all of the parts of a strong, engaging film. It just never learns how best to fit those pieces together.
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Brendan Muldowney strains hard to create a suitably somber medieval atmosphere, such as so rigorously draining the film of color that one struggles to remember that Ireland is known for being green. The relentlessly monochromatic palette quickly proves wearisome, as does the stilted language, the unsubtle characterizations and the musical score depending heavily on Gregorian chants.