Two days left to take the ‘Indignation’ challenge

Because movies tend to open on Friday, that means the movies being replaced usually close the day before. And because so many people seem to wait at least a week to see anything, those films that play a single week tend to go unnoticed.

One movie that is leaving after a single week is "Indignation." Written and directed by James Schamus, "Indignation" is adapted from a 2008 novel by acclaimed writer Philip Roth. Set in the early 1950s, it tells the story of an intense young Jewish man who leaves his New Jersey home to attend college in Ohio, only to experience troubles adapting to the very real adult experiences that are thrust upon him.

Roth is one of the world's great writers, having won a number of literary honors over the years, including a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards. Schamus is known mostly as a producer and writer (he wrote the script for Ang Lee's masterpiece "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"), and this is his first directed feature.

Schamus' film earned a 79 percent rating on both Rotten Tomatoes (a whopping 93 percent among regular moviegoers) and the more prestigious critics' site Metacritic. Here are some comments:

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: "With its mature perspective on distant formative years, the film feels true to the spirit of Roth; little from the deep wellsprings of the great novelist's fiction is lost in translation."

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: "Schamus gets the suffocating look of 1951 American academia just right, with its sweaters and skirts, and with a rose motif worthy of 'Citizen Kane.' What's missing is any real drama or purpose."

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: "Thoughtful and reserved, perhaps even to a fault, 'Indignation' winds up packing a wallop far greater than its modest parts might suggest."

In other words, "indignation" is a challenging view. You have two days left to take the dare.