Indignation

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Indignation

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2016

1h 50m

Drama

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A Jewish college student (Logan Lerman) falls for a young woman (Sarah Gadon) while clashing with his dean (Tracy Letts) in 1951 Ohio.

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Critics Consensus

Indignation proves it's possible to put together an engaging Philip Roth adaptation -- and offers a compelling calling card for debuting writer-director James Schamus.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

The period detail is reverent, every sweater and side-parting just-so. Yet the stifling design makes a good fit for the airless world in which Marcus is marooned, and the reminders of darkness and death at the edge of the film relieve the prettiness.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

A compelling drama.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 27, 2016

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

I'm glad Indignation exists. In its own, quietly explosive way, it leaves a very human stain.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2016

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

Schamus’s film is a particular kind of a film which is heart-breaking in individual scenes and bitter-sweet in its overall presentation

Rated: 4/5

Aug 9, 2024

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Schamus can at least uncontroversially claim the mantle of having made the only at-least-partially-successful, generally acclaimed Roth adaptation to date.

Jan 18, 2023

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

Glacial pacing aside, this is a solid, quietly rewarding coming of age tale.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 18, 2022

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Alain E

It is worth viewing although I am not sure that the movie makes clear what happened to the protagonist. The conclusion presumably is: don’t try to control the world. A thing that Jewish mothers are supposed to excel on. Almost every body would have been happier if the mother left the two young people love each other and she got her divorce and tried to rebuild her life the best way she could. Photography is good and there is good classical music in the soundtrack. Acting is convincing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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phil d

This is a very good movie I enjoyed it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/25

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Jay L

The movie is such a far cry from what the book is. The movie is a diluted version of what the book was about and you get no feel for the motivations or feelings of the characters by watching it. Do yourself a favor and read the book - it's not War And Peace. Once you finish, go back and watch the movie - if you can stomach what the screenwriters made of it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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CG B

I read many of these reviews and I cannot believe that none mentioned the unintended consequences especially of the mother's ultimatum to Marcus. Due to his mother's meddling, Marcus was expelled from the college and never graduated to live the life she wanted so much for him and he met his end in exactly the way she most dreaded instead of letting Marcus and Olivia have lives that should have been well lived and loved,

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Georgan G

An honest coming-of-age tale set in the early 1950s. The conservative college our protagonist gets to attend by scholarship is strict in the extreme. After a relationship with a fellow female student is ended by his mother, he tries to continue. However, he is expelled which means he is drafted & ultimately killed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Jerod S

It's just a rowdy girl and a smart boy at a small college in the early 50s. Everyone is talking about subcontext, but it's too vague to even make a mark.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Synopsis

A Jewish college student (Logan Lerman) falls for a young woman (Sarah Gadon) while clashing with his dean (Tracy Letts) in 1951 Ohio.

Director: James Schamus
Producer: Anthony Bregman, James Schamus, Rodrigo Teixeira
Screenwriter: James Schamus
Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Summit Entertainment
Production Co: FilmNation, Roadside Attractions, Likely Story, X-Filme Creative Pool
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4M
Runtime: 1h 50m

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