Unorthodox - Season 1
Driving by her deep will of having another free life, this drama series, follows the struggles of a Jewish girl, who flees from the harsh reality she has in an arranged marriage and the restricted rules of religion to begin a new life.
December 14, 1966 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
20 May 1958, Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany
1988 in Hamburg, West Germany
1959, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
22 June 1976, Haifa, Israel
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
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
Haas gives an extraordinary performance here, evoking fear, grief, and a mix of both naïveté and wonder at what she discovers in Berlin.
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
With stunning performances and deeply realized worlds, the series tells a poignant and deeply moving story that you won't soon forget.
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
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
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 30, 2020
Unorthodox is a profoundly human story centered on Esty. [Full Review in Spanish]
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
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
It's both ambitious and beautifully simple.