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A review by Gimly

6.0
Written by Gimly on October 4, 2018

Except from a conversation about the movie:

"I think Disobedience could get some Oscar attention. It's depressing Jewish lesbians, so chances are pretty high. It was actually a pretty decent movie. Really didn't overplay the onscreen sex, which was good, but I do wish there were queer movies which were more middle of the spectrum. Seems like 99% of the time you either get hokey deliberate trash """comedies"""" made on 47c budgets like Yeti: A Love Story, or super serious (and almost always super grim) art-y dramas like Moonlight that are very well made but also make you very upset.... read the rest.

A review by Stephen Campbell

7.0
Written by Stephen Campbell on July 2, 2019

A well-told love story, set against a background of religious orthodoxy

An important point to make from the outset is that Jewish law does not teach that it is forbidden to be a homosexual. On the contrary, Jewish law is concerned not with the source of a person's erotic urges nor with inner feelings, but with acts. The Torah forbids the homosexual act, known as mishkav zakhar, but has nothing to say about homosexuality as a state of being or a personal inclination.

In other words, traditionally, a person with a homosexual inclination can be an entirely observant Jew a... read the rest.

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