Unorthodox - Season 1
According to the battles of a youthful Jewish young lady, who experiences living in a hopelessness, as she has an arranged marriage, so she makes her mind to escape all the obstructions she has throughout her life of religion limitation and failure marriage.
September 11, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA
March 8, 1967 in Hong Kong, China
March 26, 2020
We wish Unorthodox didn't have the menacing specter of Esty's estranged husband (more accurately, his family) interfering with her story of discovery, but the story is well-told despite the thriller aspect.
March 30, 2020
Unorthodox is a profoundly human story centered on Esty. [Full Review in Spanish]
March 30, 2020
It's both ambitious and beautifully simple.
March 27, 2020
The true star of the show is the tiny but indomitable Shira Haas, a kind of mini-me Elisabeth Moss who gives Esty a believable sense of inner steel that belies her fragile exterior.
March 27, 2020
To me, this is really the story of a young woman who wants more from her life, who bravely seeks a new way, who still loves her family and thinks even though she may be disappointing God, she must find her own direction.
March 28, 2020
Communicated in English, German, and Yiddish, Unorthodox tells a compelling story about escaping rigorous doctrine and inherited trauma for a life of meaning and self-actualization.
March 27, 2020
If only the miniseries that sets [Esty] free had more to say about the community she's fleeing, or the new world she throws herself into.
March 27, 2020
Though Haas is a standout, it's obvious that thought was put into each actor's performance, as well as the production design.
March 27, 2020
"Unorthodox" feels like a modest revelation: It uses familiar language to explore what it means to push beyond the strictures of ritual and community guidelines by digging into the mindset of a woman battling to think for herself.
March 27, 2020
Haas gives an extraordinary performance here, evoking fear, grief, and a mix of both naïveté and wonder at what she discovers in Berlin.
March 27, 2020
Through a glance, or a gesture, or a swell of emotions seen in her eyes, we see that her Esty is proud and scared, self-assured and filled with doubt, but always defiantly and powerfully herself.
March 30, 2020
With stunning performances and deeply realized worlds, the series tells a poignant and deeply moving story that you won't soon forget.