Indignation (2016)

	Also Known As: Empörung
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: James Schamus
	Actors: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon
	Country: USA, CN
	Genre: Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 30.01.2017, Schauburg, OV sneak preview, English version
Synopsis: In 1951, Marcus (Lerman), a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War. He wants to get Sarah Hutton (Gadon).
Review: The love story reminds me the stories I used to write with 16. Innocent coming of age story. For this aspect I find it interesting to see such a movie. On the other hand, now I find this kind of story quite simple and uninteresting. The guy does not talk much interesting things with his roomates, neither with Sarah. The few scenes where something happens are either the sexual emancipation of Marcus with Sarah or the complains and support of the president of the university toward Marcus.  The rest is quite plain and boring. Therefore it is not easy to say whether the acting is good or not. Well rather fine as they play their monotonous role. In the mentioned scenes, the acting is also good with Lerman on the edge between shame, self confidence, doubt.
Rating: 4 /10