Review of Disgrace (2008) by Remi L — 17 Jan 2011

Disgrace is the story about a womanizing Cape Town professor who moves to the countryside with his lesbian daughter where they get embroiled in the messy politics of post-apartheid South Africa. At first I thought this movie would be some comedy about a Casanova professor trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

This movie was through-and-through a heart-breaking drama that started off about one thing and ended up being about something else entirely. The second half of the movie especially had me infuriated. I couldn't understand what was going through his daughter's head living in this part of the country after all of the danger and trauma and found myself angry at her and her neighbors and just not being able to wrap my mind around her logic or actions or her anger towards her father.

I didn't like this film because I found myself almost hating a number of the characters in the film, even the daughter after what she goes through. I wouldn't recommend this movie unless you want to find yourself yelling at the TV screen, but that's just me.