Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) uses a blend of drama and non-fiction to adapt Isabel Wilkerson's novel Caste: The...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) uses a blend of drama and non-fiction to adapt Isabel Wilkerson's novel Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, which explores the roots of racial and social hierarchies. Stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard) and Jon Bernthal (The Punisher). Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice 2023.
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel (Ellis-Taylor) sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time.
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Ostentatious and cerebral
Unmoored from space and time, this roving and highly ambitious drama aspires, like its subject, to construct a thesis correlating complex ideas around racism and social division. Origin is ostentatious and cerebral; it has its flaws, but I’ve never seen another film quite like it. Read full article
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97 %514 reviewsAudience score rating
"A sensitive portrait of writing and grief."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"A film with strength and purpose."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The film will get people thinking and talking."
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Variety
Variety"A deeply sincere story of love and grief."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Bold, fascinating drama."
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BBC
BBC"I can only say that the movie left me a complete wreck."
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Vulture
Vulture"Unable to fuse melodrama and academia into a single narrative."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Ambitious in its scope but unwieldy in its execution."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Powerful conversation-starter."
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Total Film
Total Film"A hugely ambitious political and narrative feat."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"An odd adaptation that takes too long to make its concept work."
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Collider
ColliderOrigin (2023) | Details
- Rating
- 12A, discrimination, moderate violence, threat, brief sexual threat, language
- Runtime
- 141
- Genre
- Drama, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- USA
