Indignation
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: July 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
The TelegraphTim RobeyNov 23, 2016
It’s considerably too polite to do Philip Roth justice. Only in that single tête-à-tête does it truly crackle with the cold, white heat required. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJul 25, 2016
Schamus is a great producer of independent cinema, having overseen — and sometimes co-written — the work of Ang Lee, but this is the first movie he has directed, and the rhythm of the storytelling feels careful and courteous to a fault. Read full review
60
The GuardianNigel M SmithJan 27, 2016
Unfortunately, on the whole, Schamus’ debut feels too self-serious to fully engage. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJessica KiangJul 28, 2016
Though he gets fine performances from many quarters...the film is scuppered by an approach that sees it build on the bones of the novel without ever quite animating its heart. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 16, 2016
Those scenes with Letts are worth the price of admission, even if the movie overall drags, dry and not nearly as droll as Roth must have intended. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorAug 4, 2016
And therein lies the difficulty of adapting Indignation for the screen; remove Roth’s prose from the equation and you don’t have much left. Writer and director James Schamus turns Indignation into a minor period piece, a precise but seemingly pointless evocation of the stultifying conventionalism of an American university campus in the 1950s. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoAug 4, 2016
Despite the material’s fit, the story’s relentlessly downbeat tone is challenging. Strong performances by Logan Lerman (“Fury”) and Sarah Gadon (Hulu’s “11.22.63”) can’t keep the film from feeling like exhaustingly slow going. Read full review
50
Village VoiceApril WolfeJul 28, 2016
An excellent, hilarious 15-minute verbal sparring match between Marcus and the school’s dean (Tracy Letts) is both an overindulgence — so many of the characters need fleshing out — but also a welcome burst of laughter in a self-serious picture. Read full review
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