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Drama about an academic who departs Cape Town in the wake of a scandalous love affair to live with his daughter on a remote farm, set against the backdrop of lingering racial conflict in South Africa. Cast:John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney, Fiona PressDirector:Steve JacobsRelease Date:September 18, 2009DVD Release:April 27, 2010From:PaladinRating:RLength:1 hr 59 min
Disgrace played in key cities to very good reviews. • V.A. Musetto wrote in the New York Post, "I derive great satisfaction watching John Malkovich act.... something about the way he gives grand performances while maintaining an air of mellowed-out aloofness." • And Philip Kennicott wrote in the Washington Post, "...captures about all there is to capture in the novel 'Disgrace'..." More Reviews Below...
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "J.M. Coetzee's great, brutal, prizewinning 1999 novel about the nature of men in post-apartheid South Africa gets a faithful, if wearying, adaptation, slow and spare."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 119 words, 09/25/09
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: EXCELLENT "A hard-headed allogorical meditation on the bestial side of human nature... the rage of the oppressed black majority is at full boil."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 09/18/09
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Malkovich's reptilian charm is given its appropriate due... The film, unfortunately, hasn't the depth Malkovich brings to his performance..."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 133 words, 09/18/09
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "This is such a rare movie. Its characters are uncompromisingly themselves, flawed, stubborn, vulnerable. We feel we know them pretty well..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 941 words, 09/24/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...absorbing but often bloodless and, frankly, depressing.... [but] it's always encouraging to have an elevated adult drama among our moviegoing choices."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 415 words, 09/25/09
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "I derive great satisfaction watching John Malkovich act.... something about the way he gives grand performances while maintaining an air of mellowed-out aloofness."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 244 words, 09/18/09
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...overwrought in its early scenes... settles into an intelligently faithful rendering of a calling to account, whose visceral power and political implications need no hyping."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 09/16/09
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...overwrought in its early scenes... settles into an intelligently faithful rendering of a calling to account, whose visceral power and political implications need no hyping."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 09/16/09
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD(cg) "Steve Jacobs builds tension with excruciating effectiveness and dreamlike detachment. Malkovich proves most powerful when he says nothing."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 154 words, 09/24/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: EXCELLENT "A hard-headed allogorical meditation on the bestial side of human nature... the rage of the oppressed black majority is at full boil."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 09/18/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...absorbing but often bloodless and, frankly, depressing.... [but] it's always encouraging to have an elevated adult drama among our moviegoing choices."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 415 words, 09/25/09
Gautaman Bhaskaran, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...despite a fine performance by Malkovich as a self-absorbed man with racial and predatory instincts, the story often appears a little unreal."(See all of Gautaman Bhaskaran's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 319 words, 12/02/08
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...absorbing but often bloodless and, frankly, depressing.... [but] it's always encouraging to have an elevated adult drama among our moviegoing choices."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 415 words, 09/25/09
Stephen Holden, New York Times: EXCELLENT "A hard-headed allogorical meditation on the bestial side of human nature... the rage of the oppressed black majority is at full boil."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 895 words, 09/18/09
14.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Disgrace's reviews are separated by an average 14.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Disgrace (16 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Disgrace's reviews cover 30.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 6,974 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 436 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 6 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Disgrace's reviews on average broke 6 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Disgrace's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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