Limited release 4/27/2018
Viewed Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Majestic in Gettysburg
IMBd: 6.8/10
IMBd: 6.8/10
T Critic: 84 Audience: 80
Critic's Consensus:
Critic's Consensus:
Cag: 5 It was really wonderful
Directed by Sebastian Lelio
Bleecker Street
Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola
My comments: Another powerful movie with exceptional performances. Whoa, being gay in an Orthodox Jewish community! Totally impossible, "Disobedience" showed a depth of humanity and love in the Orthodox Jewish community which, as much as I'd love to believe might happen, truly can't imagine that it would. For most of the movie you get "typical" reactions from people. Yes, my heart broke for a young woman of faith who was definitely not heterosexual, choosing to follow the beliefs she was raised with and marry a man she did care about but was not attracted to. My heart broke even more for her husband, who ended up being an incredibly honest, loving, spiritual man. The kind of spiritual leader that I could definitely believe in myself, and would help to heal our world. Oh yes, I shed some tears, and I walked out of the theater thinking, "what could possible be the next step in a story like this one?" Well done, well done.
RT/ IMDb Summary: From Sebastián Lelio, the director of the Academy Award-winning A Fantastic Woman, the film follows a woman as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Written by Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz and based on Naomi Alderman's book, the film stars Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola.
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