Roth always writes about talented people who ruined their lives or had bad luck. His books that made to movies are always very well casted and the performances are great. Indignation is the story of a conflicted Jewish young man who could have a great future ahead if he didn't meet a spoiled disturbed woman whose only way to relate to man was through sex. There was not one single meaningful intelligent dialogue between of them. It was about sex. I am not sure about what was the message Roth was trying to send to us. The book and the movie would be great if the had focused in Marcus rebellion against the status quo. Marcus as a rebel was an amazing character. Marcus as the object of a disturbed spoiled woman was pathetic. I realize I don't relate to Roth stories. It is not the winner takes it all, but there is no winner in Roth's world.
Review of Indignation
