Origin (2023)

12A

2023

141 mins

Directed by Ava DuVernay
Recommended
81%
97%
Drama
True Story & Biography

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... More

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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Origin (2023) | Ratings & Reviews

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

Luke Buckmaster

81_%189 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
97_%515 reviews
Audience score rating

"A sensitive portrait of writing and grief."

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Time Magazine

"A film with strength and purpose."

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The Guardian

"The film will get people thinking and talking."

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Variety

"A deeply sincere story of love and grief."

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Hollywood Reporter

"Bold, fascinating drama."

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BBC

"I can only say that the movie left me a complete wreck."

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Vulture

"Unable to fuse melodrama and academia into a single narrative."

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IndieWire

"Ambitious in its scope but unwieldy in its execution."

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Screen Daily

"Powerful conversation-starter."

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Total Film

"A hugely ambitious political and narrative feat."

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Little White Lies

"An odd adaptation that takes too long to make its concept work."

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Origin (2023) | Details

Directed by

Ava DuVernay

Cast

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Rating: 12A, discrimination, moderate violence, threat, brief sexual threat, language
Runtime: 141
Genre: Drama, True Story & Biography
Country of origin: USA