Review of Disobedience (2018) by Matthew S — 29 May 2018

Very good, best movie I've seen this year so far.

This review of Disobedience (2018) was written by Matthew S on 29 May 2018.

Disobedience has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Disobedience (2018) Movie Reviews (317)
Disobedience (2018) Critic Reviews (160)
Disobedience (2018) User Reviews (157)

More Reviews of Disobedience

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Addict-Insane (2) on 10 Mar 2019

You see, this is what the SJW camp doesn't understand: I am neither female, nor gay, nor Jewish, yet this movie HAD me completely…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Chris Wasser (45) for The Herald (Ireland) (99) on 30 Nov 2018

Disobedience is a bit too fond of itself, and isn't nearly as smart as it thinks it is. It's hard work, basically…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Ella Kemp (95) for Culture Whisper (31) on 04 Dec 2018

We observe a muted community and understand the women's struggle - but emotion is never felt in colour…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Dec 2018

Weisz and McAdams animate their roles; Weisz plays witty and wizened, while McAdams seems winded by the force of her own emotions, face crumpling…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Arostislavna (78) on 05 Dec 2021

A fairly good lesbian film, but once again I am tired of these... cheating films, and they only seem to exist in the lesbian subgenre…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Lessacebola (19) on 07 Oct 2020

Ótimo filme, é meio lentinho mas a mensagem que passa é muito linda e importante…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 04 Dec 2018

It reinforces the old Thomas Wolfe cliché that you can't go home again, but it does so with emotional vivacity and richly compelling context…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Tomris Laffly (460) for CineVue (2,163) on 03 Dec 2018

The visually icy Disobedience lacks the absorbing emotional pull of the filmmaker’s best but packs a rare kind of generosity in its attentiveness…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Alejandro970 (859) on 21 Aug 2021

I do not know the book on which the film was based, but what is most appreciated is that he knew how to recreate the moral dilemma of abiding…

Read Review

Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Samuel R. Murrian (22) for Parade Magazine (247) on 27 Dec 2018

Disobedience doesn't reach the rapturous, magic-realism-tinged heights of A Fantastic Woman (an unusual and virtually flawless movie that just…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Neil Jeffries (18) for Empire (3,446) on 08 Jun 2002

On paper, fine; on celluloid, a Rocky Horror Show of nightmarish proportions…

Read Review

Review of Heavenly Creatures (1994)

By Carlos R (1,175) on 14 Sep 2010

This film has little enough charm: it's overlong, character development is replaced by screaming and girning…

Read Review

Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

By Lenny M (222) on 16 Jan 2010

Ok alot of people like this movie , I don't get it ,, I saw the movie and I think it sucks really ha ha…

Read Review

Review of Nowhere (1997)

By Shane M (526) on 01 Jan 2004

This movie is like a bad acid trip....scene after scene of vile, disgusting images with no redeeming qualities whatsoever…

Read Review

Review of Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

By Pault. (4) on 19 Dec 2006

Sickly as opposed to visually stunning, Little plot no character dev, and a terrible ending made me feel cheated when the film seemed to accidently…

Read Review

Review of Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 14 May 2007

May be Jordan's wildest mis-shot yet, so dense with dying fizzle and limp ideas that I began to wonder if Jordan has an evil twin, or if there…

Read Review

Review of Shortbus (2006)

By Johnmitchellhater (1) on 07 Feb 2008

John Cameron Mitchell is a lonely man looking to get off. Biggest piece of crap…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts (2005)

By Yishai R (1) on 08 Mar 2012

Petzold knows what he's doing, but what he's doing isn't particularly stimulating…

Read Review

Review of Mulholland Drive (2001)

By Movieguys (703) on 01 Jul 2014

So far in my life, I've reviewed almost every movie that I've seen…

Read Review

Review of Imagine Me & You (2006)

By Agathra (1) on 29 Feb 2020

Spoilers up to 40 minutes in when I quit, but frankly, there's not a lot to 'spoil'. I'm so disappointed…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Disobedience

2018

71%317 Reviews

The Jungle Book

2016

76%1,202 Reviews

The Last Stand

2013

59%712 Reviews

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

2012

55%665 Reviews

Indivisible

2018

58%50 Reviews

Return from Witch Mountain

1978

51%107 Reviews

The Princess Bride

1987

82%857 Reviews

Hustle & Flow

2005

75%573 Reviews

Camp

2003

61%447 Reviews

A Wrinkle in Time

2018

40%1,168 Reviews