Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- paranoid
- intimate
- late night suspense
- arthouse thriller viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film well acted and solidly crafted, with patient slow-burning tension and an intelligent, intimate psychological focus.
What sets it apart
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Vincent's post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and hallucinations shape how he interprets the threat around Maryland.
The tranquil Maryland property and wealthy household contrast with Vincent's escalating sense of danger.
Vincent returns from Afghanistan with PTSD and struggles to distinguish protective vigilance from debilitating paranoia.
Vincent feels a strange fascination for Jessie while employed to protect her.
Films like Disorder, and why
The Guilty
shares intimate psychological thriller tension, a traumatized protagonist, and patient escalation around a perceived threat
The Bodyguard
shares paranoid atmosphere, a professional protector confronting hidden danger, and restrained action filmmaking
Jacob's Ladder
shares post-traumatic disorientation, simmering dread, and an unstable boundary between perception and external threat
Movie Details
- Director
- Alice Winocour
- Release Date
- 2015-09-30
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (239)
Cast
- Matthias Schoenaerts
- Diane Kruger
- Paul Hamy
- Victor Pontecorvo
- Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant
- Percy Kemp
- Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
- Mickaël Dauber
- Franck Torrecillas
- Chems Eddine
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Disorder about?
- A traumatized French soldier guarding a wealthy man's wife turns a tranquil Riviera estate into a pressure chamber of suspicion, desire, and danger.
- What is Disorder like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Disorder as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Disorder violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Disorder as moderate.
- What did critics think of Disorder?
- Critics broadly found the film well acted and solidly crafted, with patient slow-burning tension and an intelligent, intimate psychological focus.
- Which films are like Disorder?
- Films with a similar feel include The Guilty, The Bodyguard, and Jacob's Ladder.
- How long is Disorder?
- Disorder runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Disorder?
- In United States, Disorder streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now.
