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Indignation

R

Released Jul 29, 2016

1 hr. 50 min.

Drama

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A Jewish college student (Logan Lerman) falls for a young woman (Sarah Gadon) while clashing with his dean (Tracy Letts) in 1951 Ohio.

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Critics Consensus

Indignation proves it's possible to put together an engaging Philip Roth adaptation -- and offers a compelling calling card for debuting writer-director James Schamus.

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Georgan G

An honest coming-of-age tale set in the early 1950s. The conservative college our protagonist gets to attend by scholarship is strict in the extreme. After a relationship with a fellow female student is ended by his mother, he tries to continue. However, he is expelled which means he is drafted & ultimately killed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Jerod S

It's just a rowdy girl and a smart boy at a small college in the early 50s. Everyone is talking about subcontext, but it's too vague to even make a mark.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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nate m

READ THE BOOK. It is notoriously difficult to adapt a Phillip Roth novel into a movie. Because so much of the "action" occurs in the mind of the protagonist. Only the novel can take you INSIDE THE THOUGHTS of the characters. Of course, it helps if the novel is written by a genius like Phillip Roth.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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william k

Proper adaptation of the Philip Roth novel presents the tragedy in a calm, old-fashioned style with good period detail and an excellent cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Good movie. My first years of college were eye-opening in trying to understand the world. This film reminded me of that time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Esta película es bastante interesante aunque su inicio sea un poco lento la segunda mitad es interesante, pero la historia trata de abordar varios temas de la época haciendo que no sobresalga ninguno, y hay momentos en los que se vuelve algo aburrido, aunque las actuaciones son lo único que se salvan más que todo por la discusión con el director y el protagonista. Para adelante solo sigues esperando un momento en el que todo de un giro inesperado o un buen final o aunque sea decente. su trama al final no va hacia ningún lado lo cual deja mucho que desear ya que la primicia fue interesante pero no su ejecución. Lastima tenían un buen reparto con Logan Lerman de protagonista y su gran actuación

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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James Schamus

Director

Logan Lerman

Marcus

Sarah Gadon

Olivia Hutton

Tracy Letts

Dean Hawes Cauldwell

Linda Emond

Esther Messner

Ben Rosenfield

Bertram Flusser

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

The period detail is reverent, every sweater and side-parting just-so. Yet the stifling design makes a good fit for the airless world in which Marcus is marooned, and the reminders of darkness and death at the edge of the film relieve the prettiness.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

A compelling drama.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

I'm glad Indignation exists. In its own, quietly explosive way, it leaves a very human stain.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2016

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Josh Slater-Williams

Vague Visages

Indignation has a palpable humanity to its fury.

Nov 13, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Schamus can at least uncontroversially claim the mantle of having made the only at-least-partially-successful, generally acclaimed Roth adaptation to date.

Jan 18, 2023

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

Glacial pacing aside, this is a solid, quietly rewarding coming of age tale.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 18, 2022

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Synopsis

A Jewish college student (Logan Lerman) falls for a young woman (Sarah Gadon) while clashing with his dean (Tracy Letts) in 1951 Ohio.

Director: James Schamus
Screenwriter: James Schamus
Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Summit Entertainment
Production Co: FilmNation, Roadside Attractions, X-Filme Creative Pool, Likely Story
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4M

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