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71 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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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)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    This is such a rare movie. Its characters are uncompromisingly themselves, flawed, stubborn, vulnerable.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    Mr. Malkovich is one of the few actors capable of conveying genuine intellectual depth.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Gautaman Bhaskaran
    60
    The story often appears a little unreal.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. wwh
    10
    Re: "seems quite disgusted by him right from the start, which is quite understandable, yet she starts a relationship with him", that´s exactly the Point, which you seem to have missed entirely, Harold Bloom.… Expand
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  2. Nazgulero
    0
    After watching this horrible movie for thirty minutes, I decided to keep watching just to see how bad a movie can get. I have met many women in my lifetime, and I am pretty sure that each and every one of them would be creeped out to the max by a character as depicted by Malkovich. None would even remotely think of even touching this weirdo. There is absolutely zero chemistry between him and the student, why would she sleep with him ? And why would she turn on him ? She seems utterly disgusted by him right from the start, which is quite understandable, yet she starts a relationship with him. I think I have seldom seen such bad acting in a movie before, the dialogue is just not real, you can tell the lines are rehearsed. The main problem is that the main character is so full of himself that after about 2 minutes, you do not care any more what happens to him.… Expand
    • 0 of 2 users said yes

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