Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- gritty
- reflective
- historical film night
- serious movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film compelling for its performances, historical setting, and engagement with early colonial New Zealand, while noting that its story can feel overcooked.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The preacher’s arrival in a British settlement exposes tensions between colonists, Maori tribes, and competing systems of authority.
Thomas Munro’s identity as a lay preacher is tested when his violent past resurfaces amid tribal warfare.
The 1830s New Zealand setting places characters in expansive yet threatening frontier terrain shaped by settlement and war.
Munro arrives as a preacher but is drawn into the bloody conflict between Maori tribes and the colonial settlement.
Films like The Convert, and why
The Last of the Mohicans
shared historical drama, colonial conflict, indigenous perspective, and morally conflicted outsider
The New World
shared period action drama, indigenous resistance, colonial violence, and widescreen landscapes
Black Robe
shared colonial-era setting, religious tension, cultural confrontation, and meditative violence
Whale Rider
shared historical conflict, divided loyalties, indigenous struggle, and rugged frontier atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Lee Tamahori
- Release Date
- 2024-03-14
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (196)
Cast
- Guy Pearce
- Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne
- Antonio Te Maioha
- Jacqueline McKenzie
- Te Kohe Tuhaka
- Lawrence Makoare
- Dean O'Gorman
- Jared Turner
- Kelly Vivian
- Jack Barry
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Convert about?
- A haunted lay preacher confronts his violent past while navigating Maori tribal warfare and British colonial tensions in 1830s New Zealand.
- What is The Convert like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Convert as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Convert violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Convert as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Convert?
- Critics broadly found the film compelling for its performances, historical setting, and engagement with early colonial New Zealand, while noting that its story can feel overcooked.
- Which films are like The Convert?
- Films with a similar feel include The Last of the Mohicans, The New World, Black Robe, and Whale Rider.
- How long is The Convert?
- The Convert runs 119 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Convert?
- In United States, The Convert streams on Hulu.
