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  • 2009
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  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2009
  • R
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  • 1 h 59 m

Summary Based on the Booker Prize winning novel by J.M Coetzee, Disgrace takes us into the heart of the ethical complexities of modern South Africa. A journey that follows disgraced Cape Town university Professor David Lurie as he is forced to confront irrevocable changes in his country. (Sherman Pictures)

Written By: J.M. Coetzee

  • 2009
  • R
  • Icon Entertainment International
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Icon Entertainment International
  • 1 h 59 m

Disgrace

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.8
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Summary Based on the Booker Prize winning novel by J.M Coetzee, Disgrace takes us into the heart of the ethical complexities of modern South Africa. A journey that follows disgraced Cape Town university Professor David Lurie as he is forced to confront irrevocable changes in his country. (Sherman Pictures)

Written By: J.M. Coetzee

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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100
This is such a rare movie. Its characters are uncompromisingly themselves, flawed, stubborn, vulnerable.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
Surprisingly successful adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's superb novel.
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75
It’s a harsh experience, at times engrossing, at other times stiff and unconvincing, but it asks a necessary question: What happens to the country’s whites after white rule is gone?
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
Absorbing but often bloodless and, frankly, depressing.
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70
The movie eventually begins to wilt under the sober, plodding direction of Steve Jacobs, but the thoughtful screenplay gives Malkovich a complex, increasingly reflective character arc that he plays with great feeling, making the professor’s redemption seem honestly won.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
60
Is it a great movie? John Malkovich's portrayal of an aging and sexually aggressive professor of poetry is enough to make the film worth anyone's while.
By Philip Kennicott FULL REVIEW
40
A frustrating film full of overplayed men-as-dogs metaphors, it’s only watchable for Malkovich, who could probably read a social studies exam and still be commanding.
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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63% Positive
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Fortissimo Films, Sherman Films, Whitest Pouring Films, Wild Strawberries
Release Date Sep 18, 2009
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating R
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Tagline What is a mad heart?
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Awards

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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