Disobedience - Reviews

Rachel Weisz is powerfully good in a wrenching story of forbidden love

The drama is expertly controlled by Lelio, lit and shot in muted and subdued colour tones by cinematographer Danny Cohen and it has a very interesting musical score by Matthew Herbert...

A fraught and emotionally nuanced love story about the tension between the life we’re born into and the one we want for ourselves.

It’s an achingly beautiful portrayal of love, loss, lust and regret...

This is Lelio's third film in a row about women (the first being 2013's "Gloria"), and he is deeply empathetic to the ways in which repressive societies put women in all kinds of impossible double- and triple-binds.

All three principal actors – Weisz, McAdams, and Nivola – give effectively constrained performances. They work as a team here, consistent with the delicate balance in their characters’ complicated relationships with one another.

...en sällsynt berörande film...

...er så genneminstrueret, så nøje tænkt i detaljen og så fokuseret, at man føler, man er dumpet ned i noget, som fandtes allerede.

Den dova tonen i fotografi och skådespeleri sätter stämningen av förlorade drömmar, av själar som tvingas gå omkring i alldeles för trånga människokostymer. Det är suggestivt och övertygande – respektingivande!