Adam Resurrected (2008)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:13
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Such an unusual tale might have made for a compelling drama, but Adam Resurrected suffers from narrative confusion and an emotional detachment at its core.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The trouble with Holocaust movies is that they're about the Holocaust; they resurrect an illustrious horror, habited by history's most reliable demons, with little to say except that, yes, this was... [More]
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Ayelet Zurer
Director: Paul Schrader
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Reviews for Adam Resurrected
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Director Paul Schrader is too removed from the powerful emotions roiling through the film, but it may be the only way to handle the horrors he's forced to confront. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
The ending throws away the complexity that makes the rest of the movie so interesting Full Review |
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5/10 |
A well-acted, sporadically intriguing drama that has a few poignant moments...but its convoluted, unfocused plot fails to pack an emotional wallop as a whole. Full Review |
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B |
Goldblum gives a powerful performance in this film. His is one of the best performances by any actor in any film released in 2008. Full Review |
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3/10 |
Inexplicable, eclectic and esoteric, it's a sardonic turn-off to a mainstream audience. Full Review |
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C- |
Grapples with important themes and is expertly made, but is simply too odd and off-putting to be anything more than an almost grotesque curiosity. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
For all the nightmarish scenes conceived as a creepy cross between Burroughs and Weisel, we don't receive the cathartic satisfaction typically related to the dramatization of Jewish tragedy. Full Review |
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It seems to have been written in a tone of magical realism, but the director is Paul Schrader, a filmmaker who has many talents, but no feel for whimsy, let alone magic. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod. Full Review |
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C |
The conclusion of the film conveys a sense of moderate relief over life-altering transformation, shortchanging the miracle Goldblum is working overtime to achieve. Full Review |
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One cannot recommend this film strongly enough. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Could have been a tour de force for director Paul Schrader and his cast, and the glimpses of greatness make the reality all the more disappointing. Full Review |
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4/10 |
This is a really off-the-wall nihilistic fantasy that may please a small segment of the audience and perhaps even become a cult film. Full Review |
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8/10 |
A film of insanity, cruelty and living life when the thrill is gone, "Adam Resurrected" tells a powerful story---for viewers tough enough to take it. One of Jeff Goldblum's best performances and stand-up supporting work by Willem Dafoe. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
A semi-unbearable attempt at profundity set in a mental institution 15 years after WWII. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Savage gallows humor might have substituted for pathos. But Adam Resurrected feels so detached that there is not a laugh, nor even a wicked smirk of nihilistic glee, to be gleaned. Full Review |
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B |
Even when it flies off the rails deep into its third act, Resurrected remains strangely hypnotic. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Between Jeff Goldblum's wildly over-mannered performance and the schlocky treatment of serious subject matter, it's hard to know whether to simply dismiss the film or be outraged by it. Full Review |
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C |
This is the rare film that is memorable, affecting, and bad. Full Review |
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Weird combination of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a Holocaust drama is (almost) saved by Jeff Goldblum's commanding lead performance. Full Review |
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