Denial

This film is based on a book about the true story of an American academic and author who was sued for libel by a noted English historian and author. The case was tried in a London court, where the American set out to prove that the Germans mass-murdered people during World War II.

109 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9.
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

Showtimes

This guy will bankrupt me if I don’t win...

Credits

Cast	Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott, Jack Lowden, Caren Pistorious, Alex Jennings
Director	Mick Jackson
Screenplay	David Hare, from the book by Deborah Lipstadt
Music	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Haris Zambarloukos
Editing	Justine Wright
Sound formats
SA distributor	Ster-Kinekor
Made in	2016
Produced by	BBC Films, Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment, Participant Media, Shoebox Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Courtroom drama
Language	Low impact, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	Low impact, infrequent, prejudicial language, racism and gender discrimination.
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for thematic material and brief strong language
Runtime	109
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Deborah Young Holocaust courtroom drama makes compelling cinema.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Plofbare hofdrama oor Holocaust boei enduit.	15
Metacritic.com 32 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 110 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer If Denial doesn’t quite do its incredible story complete justice, it comes close enough to offer a satisfying, impactful drama -- and another powerful performance from Rachel Weisz.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Compelling film about truth deals with intense subje	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 13 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 7133 users	13
Internet 3588 Netizens mportantc cause and legal landmark not done justice in so-so film	13
Average .. 66%	13