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Submission

2017

Richard Levine

Addison Timlin, Stanley Tucci, Janeane Garofalo, Kyra Sedgwick ...

5.2

89

Drama A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"It is overly dependent on voiceover narration (...) Neither of the two main characters is particularly sympathetic (...) Levine has kept the film tightly coiled and engrossing throughout"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[Levine] knows how to stage an energized intellectual battle, but adapting 'The Blue Angel' to a 21st-century setting turns out to be a distinctly musty and unrewarding idea."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Submission' feels more like an act of devotion, or perhaps of submission, than a free-standing adaptation (...) The more you think about 'Submission', the less relevant it looks."	NEG
United States	Oleg Ivanov Slant	"'Submission' plays more like secondhand Philip Roth or David Mamet (...) [It] is generally well observed, albeit in a clichéd kind of way (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"[It] exhibits satiric wit (...) [It] plays out exactly as most viewers would expect"	NEU

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