Disorder
Sundance Selects | Release Date: August 12, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 12, 2016
Played by Matthias Schoenaerts, Vincent is a tormented and inarticulate man, and the riveting center of Alice Winocour's sexy, relentless thriller Disorder. Read full review
90
Village VoiceApril WolfeAug 9, 2016
[Winocour] elevates the action hero beyond his physical assets, drilling through his psyche to offer a rare and welcome lens into a type of man usually reduced to stoicism or sulking, hiding behind a rubber mask. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 11, 2016
The trick of Disorder is that it plays right to the audience’s suspicions and desires. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaAug 25, 2016
Winocour has crafted such a tightly coiled film that once violence finally erupts, it's more of a letdown than an emotional release. But the movie still works, both for its bracing ability to keep a viewer on edge and the sheer force of Schoenaerts' performance. Read full review
80
EmpireKim NewmanMar 21, 2016
A notable, unusual existential thriller that is psychologically acute without the need for Oscar-clip self-pitying speeches, it’s also terrifically suspenseful with a provocative punchline. Read full review
75
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMay 24, 2016
The combination of Schoenaerts’ intensely brutish, sensitive performance and Winocour’s singular dedication to tension gives Disorder plenty to offer. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Marsha LedermanMay 5, 2016
Beautifully shot, the film is at its best when it’s unclear whether Vincent is intensely paranoid or highly perceptive. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 21, 2015
Really a two-hander overall, Disorder is part home-invasion film, part bodyguard romance and part PTSD drama that delivers solidly on the first two fronts and and partially on the third. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 18, 2016
For all Winocour’s obvious skill behind the camera, too much of “Disorder” bogs down in ill-defined motivations and credulity-straining plot turns. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyMay 20, 2015
Winocour doesn’t overstate her subtexts, but they’re there - Disorder is a film about haves and have-nots, about the psychological effects of war, and about the abuse of women as chattels. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeMay 20, 2015
Winocour hurtles into a violent, heart-in-mouth third act rife with look-behind-you peril. It’s a silly but robustly effective escalation of the latent suspense already conjured in the impressive, snakily extended party sequence. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 11, 2016
Winocour has a talent that cannot be taught, she has a gift for filtering every development through at least one character — especially those moments that other movies would mulch into the stuff of raw spectacle. Read full review
67
HitfixGregory EllwoodMay 22, 2015
It's good stuff and, in a perfect world, will prompt Hollywood execs to take Winocour's directing skills very seriously. Read full review
65
TheWrapSam FragosoAug 11, 2016
In both the writing (in collaboration with Jean-Stéphane Bron) and directing, Alice Winocour is careful and clever in how she dispenses information. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayAug 5, 2016
Alice Winocour's film begins as a vivid portrait of a man warily eyeing the tumult of his homecoming. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottAug 11, 2016
Like its hero, Disorder has plenty of technique but not enough purpose. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonMar 21, 2016
Overall, there’s just not enough going on in Disorder: largely plotless and set almost entirely in a single, bland location, it doesn’t have enough atmosphere to compensate for the lack of action. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeMay 20, 2015
Winocour’s ability to build suspense is solid but she’s less confident when it comes to following through. She toys with perversity but sticks to formula. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 1, 2016
Disorder is, in other words, more of a technical achievement than an artistic one. The movie is at its best when it recreates what it must feel like to be in a constant state of paranoia and pain. If only that feeling were accompanied by one or two other emotions. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 20, 2015
The sensitive macho Schoenaerts is pretty much center-screen throughout this sleekly made suspense piece based on a script more loaded with holes than the numerous bad guys he either shoots or stabs to death. Read full review
42
The Film StageDaniel SchindelAug 5, 2016
[Schoenaerts] and Kruger can’t sell the low-key attraction that develops between their characters, which turns a lot of the stakes — and the story’s resolution — into absolute shrugs. This is what Disorder ultimately adds up to. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 20, 2015
A neat little thriller which unfortunately never achieves plausibility. Read full review
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