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Everything Is Illuminated
Leave Normal Behind.
Leave Normal Behind.
Comedy, Drama - 2005
7.4
67%
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A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
16 Sep 2005
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$2,697,930
Awards:
7 wins & 6 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Schreiber effectively incorporates some of the novel's humor, most of which revolves around Alex's amusingly improvisational English, but never comes close to mining the book's true substance or heartbreak.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep 2005
fresh:
[Schreiber] has managed something of a feat ... in spinning a single charming story out of Foer's yarn ball of a novel, which spanned 200 years, multiple stories and various protagonists.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
30 Sep 2005
rotten:
This isn't a frivolous film or a dumb one. Mostly, it feels like a mistake -- the wrong director matched with the wrong material.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
2 Oct 2005
fresh:
It's profound in the way that life is profound in hindsight, its view of the past both fixed in history and mutable in the telling. And it's exquisitely tender.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Oct 2005
fresh:
It's funny and warm, with the sting of the horrific event that triggered the trip giving it a melancholy feel.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Oct 2005
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