Director Steve Jacobs' adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel adheres too slavishly to the text to really come to life on screen, yet its adult-drama themes do resonate.
di Gary Goldstein The Los Angeles Times
Director Steve Jacobs and his screenwriter wife Anna-Maria Monticelli's respectful -- and respectable -- adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning 1999 novel, "Disgrace," proves a double-edged sword. Although the pair has obviously taken pains to stay true to the author's structure, tone and purpose, their fidelity results in a film that's absorbing but often bloodless and, frankly, depressing. There's no arguing, however, that Jacobs and Monticelli have approached their challenging source material with a clear and committed cinematic vision. [...]
di Gary Goldstein, articolo completo (2774 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 25 settembre 2009
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