Limited and VOD Releases: Limited Release Demand your Obedience

April 27, 2018

Disobedience

There are not a lot of limited releases on this week’s list, but there are a few that are worth checking out. This includes Let The Sunshine In and Adventures in Public School, but the one I think will do the best is Disobedience.

Backstabbing For Beginners - Reviews
 Video on Demand
Theo James stars as a UN worker investigating the murder of his predecessor, who then uncovers a scandal that might involve his boss. The reviews are not good enough for limited release, but not so bad that renting it for $7 is out of the question.

Cold Water - No Reviews
 The 1994 film from Olivier Assayas gets a re-release this weekend. It’s about two 16-year olds who fall in love and run away together and is about the writer / director’s own life. There are no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but the director has had some recent hits here, so this film could do well, for a re-release.

Disobedience - Reviews
 Rachel Weisz plays an Orthodox Jewish woman who was shunned by her community, because she fell in love with her childhood friend, played as an adult by Rachel McAdams. When they reunite decades later, the spark is still there. Out of all of the limited releases on this week’s list, this one is earning the most buzz. Additionally, its Tomatometer Score is 89% positive with an average score of 7.8 out of 10. That suggests it could thrive in limited release, maybe even do well enough to earn some measure of mainstream success.

Duck Butter - Reviews
 This film tells the first 24 hours of the relationship between Naima and Sergio, both of whom are sick of dealing with relationships based on lies. The reviews are mixed, so it likely won’t find an audience in theaters. It should do better on the home market.

The House of Tomorrow - Reviews
 A home schooled high school student joins a public school and starts a punk band. The reviews are merely good and not good enough for limited release.

In The Last Days of The City - Reviews
 A film about a documentarian living in Cairo trying to complete his film, but has a form of writer’s block, so his friends send him footage of the various cities they live in. The film’s Tomatometer Score is 82% positive, but the average score given by the critics is just 5.9 out of 10. Maybe it will be able to find an audience opening weekend, but even if it does, I’m not optimistic about its legs.

Kings - Reviews
 This film is set in the 1990s during the Rodney King riots. The film’s Tomatometer Score is below 10% at the moment, with an average score of just 3 out of 10, so it will likely go nowhere in theaters.

Let The Sunshine In - Reviews
 Juliette Binoche stars as a divorced woman trying to get her romantic life back on track. Romantic comedies rarely do well in limited release, but Juliette Binoche does have some serious drawing power in the art house circuit. Additionally, the reviews are over 90% positive, so that should really help.

Secondary VOD Releases:
Adventures in Public School - Reviews - Video on Demand
The Escape of Prisoner 614 - Reviews - Video on Demand
Supercon - Reviews - Video on Demand
Adventures in Public School only has four reviews, but all four are positive, so it is easily the best secondary VOD release of the week.

Filed under: Limited Releases, VOD Releases, Home Market Releases, Backstabbing For Beginners, Disobedience, Kings, Un beau soleil intérieur, Akher Ayam El Madina, Supercon, The Escape of Prisoner 614, The House of Tomorrow, Adventures in Public School, Duck Butter, L’eau froide, Juliette Binoche, Ben Kingsley, Rachel McAdams, Alia Shawkat, Rachel Weisz, Theo James, Olivier Assayas, Laia Costa