Origin (2023) Reviews & Ratings

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Origin reviews

Origin holds a 6.1/10 average from 84 TMDB ratings.

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/origin-venice-film-festival-review-a-must-see-educational-story/ "Origin brilliantly transposes the pillars of caste from Isabel Wilkerson's book to the big screen through an incredibly revealing, genuinely fascinating narrative, despite becoming clear that the source material is better suited to a documentary. The exceptionally human performances of the entire cast,…
— Manuel São Bento (7/10)

The acting is all really quite adequate here, but it's not really that important to the fascinating underlying premiss that underpins the theory that race, in itself, might not be the reasons for the hierarchical nature of a society that always manages to create sub-classes. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor offers her own engaging perspective on author Isabel Wilkerson who is invited by a publisher to offer a more considered a…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

Those who believe that institutionalized systemic racism is fundamentally an American problem should probably give a serious look to this latest offering from writer-director Ava DuVernay, best known for the superb historical drama, “Selma” (2014). Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by best-selling author Isabel Wilkerson, the film examines how organic prejudices are actually a worldwide phenome…
— Brent Marchant (8/10)

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

Movies like Origin

If you enjoyed Origin, these movies have a similar feel:

• A United Kingdom (2016)
• Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
• The Boy in the Woods (2023)
• Belfast (2021)
• Giant (2026)
• Julia (1977)
• Denial (2016)
• A Call to Spy (2019)
• The Six Triple Eight (2024)
• Shattered Glass (2003)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
• Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app