I thought the acting and the story was just superb! The Heart wants what it wants and it doesn’t matter what’s in the way Love is the strongest thing in the Universe.

The movie is saved with 2 great leading Ladies. The chemistry is there and there's so much drama packed into a 2hr movie. Tim Treakle

to be fair-i have no idea what happens after the first b o r i n g 20 min. of bad acting and nothing to keep me watching.....turning the channel now....

Good plot, good cast. The sex scene ruined the whole movie for me. Huge disappointment, like the author of Blue is the Warmest Color said about the movie remake of her work, what that scene lacked was a lesbian in the room helping the directors. Totally unrealistic with porn-like details.

Unremarkable despite the strong acting.

Faith can you please stop getting in the way of a good time

I liked the plot and how complex some arcs are in the movie

It's slow. Very religious. Alessandro Nivola does an amazing job as rabbi Dovid. The two leading ladies do their best to carry the dull script. I skipped through most of it.

Seeing double. The Rachels make a profound statement on loneliness, pinning for lost loves, family and home. I was especially move how they showed Rachel Weisz character Ronit grieves losing her family but also her community and religion. A must see.

Sebastián Lelio's English language debut is a passion-fuelled romance that tells the story of forbidden love between two women. Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola reunite and join Rachel McAdams in a film that explores the clash between religion and same-sex relationships. Sebastián Lelio's English language debut is a passion-fuelled romance that tells the story of forbidden love between two women. Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola reunite and join Rachel McAdams in a film that explores the clash between religion and same-sex relationships. The film made $241K (£178K) when it debuted in five cinemas across New York and Los Angeles and grossed a worldwide total of $7.9 million (£5.8 million). The film had its world premiere on September 10th 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival before opening in the US in April 2018. When Ronit Krushka learns of her father's death, she flies home to the UK and returns to the Orthodox Jewish community - A community that shunned her decades prior for her attraction to a female childhood friend (Rachel McAdams). Once back, a fiery romance reignites between these two women as they explore faith and sexuality. Weisz and McAdams both give strong performances, and their chemistry is electric. Alessandro Nivola, who plays McAdams' husband, delivers a powerful performance, and bestows an intense monologue towards the end of the film. Weisz also does a great job showing how Ronit's father's death affects her, after she's notified, Ronit is shown taking part in things that one would normally see as enjoyable (ice skating, drinking and sex) but Lelio makes sure to show viewers that Ronit takes no pleasure in these acts, the death almost numbs Ronit entirely. The story of forbidden love is something that's been done many times before, but Sebastián Lelio manages to give viewers a composed, contemporary film that explores complex themes. 'Disobedience' goes into the fact that sometimes, within these communities, religion is almost institutionalised, and it's the only way these people know how to live. The Chilean director also explores the idea of freedom and how love can set you free - as shown in the relationship between Esti and Ronit. At one point, Esti even asks Dovid (Nivola), her husband, for her freedom in an emotional proclamation. Matthew Herbert's score is a mixed batch - at some points, it works in harmony with the film, but at others, it can't help but feel a little too whimsical. Lelio includes a fervent sex scene featuring Weisz and McAdams that doesn't feel exploitative or voyeuristic. The scene also helps add a sense of realism to the film because it doesn't solely appeal to the male gaze, featuring limited nudity and not displaying either actress in dramatic positions. Not only does Lelio direct 'Disobedience', but the acclaimed director also pens the script alongside Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette, Small Axe). They bring Naomi Alderman's novel to the screen in a way that allows the cast to embody their characters incredibly well. Lelio shows viewers how different people and beliefs deal with death. ‘Disobedience' is probably one of the more artistic lesbian romantic dramas to come out in recent years, sitting on the same level as films like ‘Portrait of A Lady on Fire' and ‘Carol'. Overall, Sebastián Lelio brings viewers a fiery, passionate, and unique love story that tells the story of forbidden love, freedom and death with impressive visuals, a well-penned script, and entrancing performances. Lelio keeps viewers engages by limiting the film to a 114-minute runtime as well as balancing the ramifications of a family death as well as the lack of correlation between religion and LGBTQ relationships.

This is a complex plot which changes every time I thought I knew what was happening. The ending was actually emotionally mature.

The three leads were extraordinary in their character portrayal. The story raised thought-provoking questions about religion and today's society. Religion teaches one that everything stays the same but man and beast are evolving. It keeps one guessing about what is going to happen next. The movie has an Indie flavor and it will not be everyone's cup of tea.

This is quite a good film. Its one where its what isn't said that says it all. Its all about acceptance and conformity within a jewish family. The acting is good and its pretty thought provoking. I liked the soft music played in the background - not too over bearing. I thought it was quite poignant at times, with hushed dialogue, two people trying to maintain a relationship in obviously disapproving circumstances.

Spoilers: I suppose this could be written off as another lesbian love affair, but it is so much more, a window into a whole, strict, Jewish, culture in England. But, wow, what a tandem, the two Rachels -- beautiful, such skilled actors. Hell, I'm in love with them, too. And rabbi Allesandro is also a nuanced go-to actor; his funeral speech from the heart, off the cuff, to bring this to climax 1, was memorable, both heartfelt moral, and intellectually honest -- he could see freedom and choice as a sign in the last words from the dearly departed rabbi Rav, and he knew what he had to do. Not just advocate for Esti's, RachelM's, freedom, but also to walk away from being a rabbi in a religion founded on myth and inadequate to reconcile his immediate dilemma -- which was the framework of this whole piece. So he declined to succeed Rav. He did choose love and understanding, freedom and choice above grueling ritual, which really can miss the substance of both the theology and the morality. But the final climax, who is with whom, was interesting after the suspenseful last 20 minutes. Yet the most interesting aspect of this film is suggestions of big questions and answers that might be halting and stumbling, though profound. How do you reconcile "to thine own self be true" with follow the way of God and your church/synagogue? These are the times and issues that try men's and women's souls, I suppose. And how hard is it living in a culture in which most people seemingly are nebshits who call everyone and anyone to answer any perceived violation of community morals or mores? The irony, of course, is that when Dovid, Allesandro, said "no" to Esti's request to let her go, everything flipped when he finally told her to be free and choose (him or Ronit, RachelW), and she chose him, her hubby. She wanted freedom and choice for both herself and the child still in her womb. Not the grinding oppression, suppression, repression and depression that her culture had foisted on her, more as bullies than knowing caregivers. Ronit's choices, including moving from England to New York to live, alienated Ronit from the widely regarded as sainted, just-deceased Rav, her Dad, and the leader of this Jewish community. And by their fruits you shall know them: Lovely Rav had cut her, his only child, out of his will without telling her, as she was expecting to inherit his house. The love scenes between the Rachels were not overly graphic, but they were as hot as we've seen, these two so unabashedly, urgently, desperately intent on sharing themselves. They didn't care how it fell in the synagogue. But after all, Esti, pregnant, could not break from her roots nor her hubby. Ronit flew home. Did morality win, lose or draw here? It's seems that sacrifices were made for each's higher good. The Rachels forwent one another, as Esti chose tradition and Ronit chose to honor Esti and Dovid's choice. Dovid conscientiously and purely left rabbinical life to be true to himself. But Esti and Dovid had one another, again, cemented by their gestating offspring. The most beautiful and hopeful moment was all three hugging one another at once, as they were at peace with their choices, though self-sacrifice and even self-abnegation were in the mix. Sounds moral, mature and altruistic to me. Freedom, choice, love and understanding had won. Thoughtful, poignant, and head and shoulders above so many films, indy or big-budget.

One of the few instances the movie is better than the book.

Film estremamente elegante nella costruzione della trama senza la creazione di facili comportamenti che avrebbero reso più empatici i personaggi. Tutti hanno il loro spazio e le loro caratteristiche, l'ambiente è ricreato alla perfezione e con una serie di peculiarità ottimamente orchestrate. La coppia Weisz - McAdams esprime una sensualità oltre ogni limite, ma nel finale prende ottimamente la scena Alessandro Nivola. Forse, manca un briciolo di concretezza nei dialoghi che avrebbe avvicinato leggermente i personaggi alla realtà. Il finale è ottimo per originalità, situazioni e dialoghi.

O ritmo lento, atrapalha levemente, a fotografia de luto dá o tom sombrio aos amores desencontrados, e seus reencontros… Os olhares, ahhh, os olhares, dizem muito, adoro os atritos familiares, tradição versus liberdade…

Where other lesbian films have failed, Disobedience truly demands recognition. It follows the story of how intense small communities can drive people to living closed down lives instead of recognizing the beautiful freedom our beliefs provide us with. The setting is vast and deep with subtle confusions and anxiety. Acting is passionate and real. You will probably cry.

Chilean Sebastián Lelio could not keep this, his first film in English, away from the melodrama, but he handles it with skill, counting on the total dedication of Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz (who, by the way, star in one of the most uncomfortable sex scenes that I have seen). Yet, the film is provocative, although it is far from being really transgressive, especially because of the themes it deals with and the environments in which it takes place.

At times slow, but seeing Rachel Weisz and Rachel Mcadams in those roles made it very exciting.