September 9, 2009
No where near as good as the book but Eugene Hutz is as good an actor as he is a singer/performer.
Everything is Illuminated
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Everything is Illuminated
Boris Leskin, Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Gil Kazimirov, Jana Hrabetova
Tale of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. What starts out as a journey to piece together one fa...( read more
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April 14, 2009A considerably scaled down version that still effectively retains the book's warm eccentricity and gently persuasive sentimentality. It may be substantially less ambitious than its source material, but that may be what saves it from implosion. Flawed, but admirably flawed.
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A young man takes a strange and unexpectedly funny journey in search of a family heroine he's never known in this screen adaptation of the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Jonathan (Elijah Wood) is a lifelong collector of any and all objects pertai...( read more) -
October 24, 2008A jewish man visiting the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, roadtripping with his local guides, which makes for a really light-hearted, quirky and entertaining first half with many laughs as the cultures collide. Once we learn more about the past...( read more)
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August 3, 2008A truly lovely film. Without overstatements or extremities. Elijah Wood is a genuine revelation in his role, the scenery is magical, the storyline unvarnished and whole-souled, the direction brilliant and smart and the soundtrack is probably one of the most sassy and intriguing s...( read more)
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November 26, 2009No sé si la película original tiene doblado la parte en que hablan ruso? yo la vi descargada de internet...asi que hubo partes que no me enteré de nada! :S pero en general no estubo mal, lo que un poco aburrida y lenta aunque algunos momentos graciosos.
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November 23, 2009if you can watch the trailer and not want to watch this amazing movie, then i want to know, "What is wrong with you?"
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November 13, 2009In realtà non mi aveva fatta impazzire, però c'è un qualcosa di veramente bello dentro.
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October 26, 2009A different kind of story. I really thought it was very interesting. Eugene Hutz, the singer from Gogol Bordello is in it, which only makes it even more interesting.
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October 25, 2009gente, o que é esse filme? uma pérola!
Eugene Hutz comanda o filme e é mais engraçado que Borat, enquanto Elijah Wood consegue sair da sombra de Frodo com uma bela atuação.
