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Disclaimer (stylized as Disclaimer*) is a psychological thriller miniseries written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Renée Knight. It stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist and documentarian. The supporting cast includes Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge, and Lesley Manville.
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Based on | Disclaimer by Renée Knight |
Written by | Alfonso Cuarón |
Directed by | Alfonso Cuarón |
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Composer | Finneas O'Connell |
Country of origin | United States Australia Mexico |
Original languages | English Italian |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Production locations | Italy London South Africa Mexico Australia |
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Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | October 11, 2024 – present |
The series made its debut at the 81st Venice International Film Festival before premiering on Apple TV+ on October 11, 2024, with its first two episodes.[1] It has garnered mostly positive reviews from critics.
A famed documentary journalist discovers she is a prominent character in a novel that reveals a secret she has tried to keep hidden. The story is revealed in a non-linear fashion with the main actions occurring firstly when Nicolas is four years old (young Catherine’s secret affair with Jonathan in Italy and Jonathan’s subsequent death) and secondly twenty years later (the truth emerges, the consequences).
No. | Title [8] | Directed by [9] | Teleplay by [8] | Original release date [1][10] | |
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1 | "I" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | October 11, 2024 | |
Celebrated documentarian Catherine Ravenscroft receives a package containing a book titled The Perfect Stranger. Horrified by its contents, Catherine sets the book on fire before finishing it, telling her husband Robert that she believes the story to be about her. Flashbacks show that the book was sent to Catherine by Stephen Brigstocke, a retired teacher grieving the deaths of his wife Nancy and son Jonathan. Stephen finds a manuscript of the book in Nancy's belongings, alongside a collection of photos taken by Jonathan during his trip to Italy 20 years before, which includes intimate photos of a young Catherine. Stephen publishes the book and sends it to Catherine as revenge for Jonathan's death, for which he holds her responsible. Another series of flashbacks shows Jonathan arriving in Italy with his girlfriend Sasha, who abruptly leaves when she learns her aunt has died in a car crash. Now alone, Jonathan visits a beach where he first sees and surreptitiously photographs Catherine. | |||||
2 | "II" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | October 11, 2024 | |
Stephen is shown to have visited Catherine's estranged, wayward son Nicholas at the department store he works at to discreetly deliver him a copy of The Perfect Stranger. Another flashback shows Catherine visiting Nancy, who is dying of cancer and berates Catherine for her role in Jonathan's death. She demands to meet Nicholas, telling Catherine that he would not be alive if not for Jonathan; Catherine refuses and leaves in a panic. In the present, Stephen delivers a copy of the book to Robert's office via his secretary, also including copies of Jonathan's photos. A disgusted Robert recognizes the photos from his and Catherine's vacation in Italy 20 years ago. Robert confronts Catherine with the photos, believing her to have had an affair after he was called away from the trip for work. A tearful Catherine says that the man who took the photos died. Before she can explain further, Robert rushes out of the house with the book and drives away. | |||||
3 | "III" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | October 18, 2024 | |
4 | "IV" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | October 18, 2024 | |
5 | "V" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | October 25, 2024 | |
6 | "VI" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | November 1, 2024 | |
7 | "VII" | Alfonso Cuarón | Alfonso Cuarón | November 8, 2024 |
It was announced in December 2021 that Alfonso Cuarón was writing and directing a series for Apple TV+, with Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline starring and Emmanuel Lubezki and Bruno Delbonnel serving as cinematographers.[9] In February 2022, Kodi Smit-McPhee joined the cast while Sacha Baron Cohen entered negotiations for a role.[11][12] Cohen was confirmed the following month, with HoYeon Jung also added to the cast.[13] Louis Partridge joined the cast in May,[14] and Lesley Manville joined the next month.[15] Leila George was added to the cast in October.[16]
Filming for the series had begun by June 2022 in Archway, London; Mexico; and Sydney and finished production in February 2023.[17] Some additional pickup scenes were filmed in South Africa in March and April 2023.
Disclaimer was screened at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2024, was screened at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, in the Primetime program, and it was screened at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival on October 10, as a special event.[18][19][20]It is premiered on October 11, 2024, on Apple TV+, with the first two episodes available immediately and then two on October 18, 2024, then one a week, until November 8, 2024.[1]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 78% with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 81 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "An intelligent offering from a dream team of talent that also dishes some plain pulpy pleasures, Disclaimer is a dense and rewarding psychological puzzle."[21] Metacritic calculated a weighted average of 71 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[22]
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