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Everything is Illuminated (2005)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:77
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Although it excises much from its famously dense source material, Everything is Illuminated is a quirky, ambitious debut film from Liev Schreiber.
Theatrical Release:Sep 16, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $1,644,300
Synopsis: Acclaimed actor Liev Schrieber (DAYTRIPPERS, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) makes his directorial debut in this adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling novel about a young Jewish-American... [More]
Starring: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Laryssa Lauret
Director: Liev Schreiber
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Reviews for Everything is Illuminated
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The lamentable influence of Dave Eggers' oh-so-precious post modern literary devices from "A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius" (2000) are glued all over a bullet proof piece of magical realism... Full Review |
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What begins in quirks and idiosyncrasy moves into a dark place where profound sadness and profound closure co-exist side by side. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
while the film, concerned as it is with the brotherhood of man, is undoubtedly humanist in its philosophy, there are enough shades of grey to cast long shadows over its apparently sunny outlook. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It is a film that doesn't want us to forget. Or perhaps it is a film that wants a new generation to remember a past which profoundly shapes its present. Full Review |
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6/10 |
...for all its importance as a message picture and for all the subtlety of its filmmaking, the movie never quite feels like it has as much to say as it thinks it does. Full Review |
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First-time director Liev Schreiber proves himself up to the task of conveying comedy and drama with equal aplomb. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It's risky material for a first-time director... But Schreiber's involving screenplay and his remarkably assured handling of the material somehow brings it all together into an effective, charmingly offbeat whole. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Una Vida Iluminada ya es suficiente carta de presentación como para esperar más del Liev Schreiber director que del actor. Full Review |
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...a thoroughly enjoyable, not entirely predictable sentimental comedy/drama... Full Review |
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4/5 |
It's also a generous performance, because Wood literally takes a backseat to Hutz's movie-stealing turn as the language-mangling Alex, whose English is 'not so premium'. Full Review |
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Poignant, pensive and profound. Full Review |
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