Aaron Poole, Devon Bostick, Duane Murray
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
DVD Release Date: May 30, 2009
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November 23, 2009Adoration is a movie bizarrely at odds with itself. Its attempts to be an accessible thriller/mystery don't necessarily run contrary to the surprising thematic richness that Atom Egoyan has peppered throughout the film, but the man has a tin ear for dialogue. More often than not,...( read more)
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October 31, 2009"Adoration", the latest film by acclaimed Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter"), weaves a convoluted puzzle in attempt to deal with a myriad of themes. The way the story unfolds displays a masterful balancing act, but unfortunately the film is so void of plausibilit...( read more)
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November 10, 2009a bit confusing but in the same vein of all of the director's other movies.
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October 26, 2009I didnt like it.
I thought I would and I should have but I didnt find it stimulating and I didnt enjoy the film very much. Too disjointed, perhaps that is his style and it is supposed to make you think but I couldnt get my head around it there was just no continuity to the plot ...( read more) -
October 11, 2009I'm not totally sure what the point of all of this was. *minor spoilers below*
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The movie is told in this semi-complicated and intentionally obscure way, presumably to keep a level of suspense and maintain interest in who the protagonists father really is. Come to fi...( read more) -
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October 6, 2009I wanted so much to love this film, but there are so many subplots, it distracted from the film as a whole. I must say, I though the film at times was downright boring. It tends to be a bit too talky at times. I was never convinced by the film and was left feeling empty, like the...( read more)
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August 12, 2009Refreshingly open-minded story of intolerance and the insecurities it generates on the victim.
An acting powerhouse, with the young Devon Bostick being especially excellent. -
May 12, 2009Poussé par de super bonne intentions, le film finit à travers le montage qui fait la force d'Egoyan par, à travers ce suspense qui cummule l'intérêt, par totalement désintéressé lorsque le pot aux roses se laisse lentement entrevoir: le manque de scénario où tout tombe à plat dan...( read more)
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April 20, 200928th Int. Istanbul Film Festival.
Director Atom Egoyan's latest is an ambitious film that doesn't quite succeed, despite some genuinely affecting moments and an original concept. The story revolves around a high school student's unorthodox take on a French translation assignme...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 21, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
May 15, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Whatever mystery is here is not a function of the story but of how Egoyan chooses to tell the story. Once all is revealed, the reaction is, 'So what?' full review
May 14, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Watching Adoration is like juggling three tennis balls, a porcupine, and a graduate thesis, but eventually it finds a unifying theme, that of tolerance melting away racial and intergenerational hatreds. full review
May 7, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Moody, provocative and intellectually ambitious, Adoration is primed to elicit impassioned discussion among audiences. full review
May 4, 2009
Nick Schager, The Screengrab
If Egoyan's elliptical narrative flirts with pretentiousness, the director nonetheless encases his action in an affecting mood of regret and longing. full review
October 18, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Though the plot borders on the abstruse, it's also the director's best film in a decade. full review
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