I rated this movie because of the thoughts that started to flow in my head after watching, is your suffering in the past gives you the right to make other people suffer too? do you want to get rid of the racism just to be a racist yourself? if so why you think you are better? and if you are not better then stop acting like one.is your suffering in past and my faults in past a good reason for your son(who did not see the suffering) to rape my daughter (who did not contribute to your misery)? I do not know if how things are going in South Africa, I'm just talking about an abstract idea the humanity is still in suffering because of it.

Where do I begin in describing my negative reactions to this misbegotten piece of alleged art. First of all, the inexplicable passivity of every female character had my wife screaming in our den. And I didn't blame her. Why the women in Disgrace passively tolerated the brutal indignities heaped on them is beyond both of us. We both found the underlying premise of Disgrace to be appalling. And here it is, believe it or not: white South Africans should accept a daughter being raped, her father being set on fire, and innocent dogs being slaughtered...all in the name of making up for apartheid! I'm sorry, this is insane. And no matter what the intentions were of the film's makers the vile and disgusting undertow of their creation is repulsive.

The only reason this movie gets a 3 is that the actors did a reasonable job with a completely unidentifiable storyline.The movie starts off setting a scene with a professor that has completely selfish motives and that karma seems to come back to bite him.But the bad decisions of both Malkovich's character and his daughter make. Even in the context of the story, let alone reality. I can't imagine anyone who is raped wanting to live anywhere near their rapists? Then also the decisions that are taken following the attack..This makes absolutely no sense at all.I have no idea how this movie was rated so high.

After viewing the first five minutes, it dawned on me that I had read this book a few years ago. It is a little hard to identify with the central figure, played by the quirky Malkovich. He makes decisions without a moments thought for their consequences. It would seem that he has little if any regard for anyone. So when he disgraces himself with his totally unprofessional behavior, he finds himself in the South African countryside, in the middle of racial tension following the end of apartheid. What is happening is an uneasy meeting of the two cultures as David (played by Malkovich) moves in with his daughter and stumbles around in his arrogant stupor, causing her no end of pain. She has her own issues. She is ultimately gang raped by some of the local blacks but refuses to rock the boat. She has no place to go and finds herself disenfranchised. Malkovich is a coward when it comes down to it or he is just plain stupid or so shortsighted. Anyway, Coetzee tells a great tale with a chance for reclamation all around. it's a purification through suffering. The cultures need time to settle in and it won't be easy.