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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyBeautifully acted by Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola as the three points of a melancholy romantic triangle, this is a deeply felt drama that exerts a powerful grip.
- 83The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe elegance of Disobedience, which in the wrong hands could be sensational and one-dimensional, cannot be overstated.
- 83The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakDisobedience‘s journey is one of authentic emotional honesty excelling in instances of insecurity and fear.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis is richly satisfying and powerfully acted work.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterLeilo’s unassuming style serves the story and provides a great showcase for both performers.
- 80VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerNone of these three characters are tidy, but neither is desire, nor faith, nor love, and Lelio resists every opportunity to make them so.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichDisobedience is a beautiful, fraught, and emotionally nuanced drama that wrestles with hard questions about the tension between the life we’re born into and the one we choose for ourselves.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezIn the end, Disobedience is less about the subjugation of the self to the group than the courage to embrace uncertainty if one were to break out of the prison of a world one has been born into.
- 75The Associated PressLindsey BahrThe Associated PressLindsey BahrMcAdams and Weisz are on fire in Disobedience showing sides to their talents that we’ve never seen before in this truly unique film. Disobedience might not look like it’s for everyone on the surface, but its specificity is what makes it worthy and, almost, great.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe director Sebastián Lelio should have been a good fit for this story if only because of the sensitivity he’s brought to female-driven movies like “Gloria.” Although Disobedience seems to offer him similar material — female desire up against the patriarchy — it defeats him.