Indignation
Based on the novel by Philip Roth.
Based on the novel by Philip Roth.
Drama, Romance
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2016
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In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
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Details
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
29 Jul 2016
Country:
US, BR, DE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$3,924,527
Awards:
8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Despite its pluses, "Indignation" often plays like a heavy handed after-school special. It's not so much indignant as it is tedious.
– Adam Graham,
Detroit News,
12 Aug 2016
fresh:
"Indignation" is an elegant debut for longtime producer Schamus; a visit to the past, with both sunshine and darkness.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
11 Aug 2016
fresh:
With its mature perspective on distant formative years, the film feels true to the spirit of Roth; little from the deep wellsprings of the great novelist's fiction is lost in translation.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
8 Aug 2016
rotten:
Writer and director James Schamus turns Indignation into a minor period piece, a precise but seemingly pointless evocation of the stultifying conventionalism of an American university campus in the 1950s.
– Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail,
5 Aug 2016
rotten:
Schamus gets the suffocating look of 1951 American academia just right, with its sweaters and skirts, and with a rose motif worthy of Citizen Kane. What's missing is any real drama or purpose.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
4 Aug 2016