Everything Is Illuminated
Everything Is Illuminated

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Jewish-American writer Jonathan Safran Foer is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keepsake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmo... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Everything Is Illuminated:

Elijah Wood
Eugene Hutz
Boris Lyoskin
Jana Hrabětova
Jonathan Safran Foer
Stephen Samudovsky

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Jewish-American writer Jonathan Safran Foer is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keepsake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmother, Sabine Foer, on her deathbed - it of his grandfather, Safran Foer, during the war in the Ukraine, and a young woman he will learn is named Augustine - back to a pendant he stole from his grandfather on his deathbed in 1989, the pendant of a glass encased grasshopper. Learning that Augustine somehow saved his grandfather's life leads to Jonathan going on a quest to find out the story at its source where the photograph was taken, in a now non-existent and probably largely forgotten town called Trachimbrod that was razed by the Nazis during the war, he armed only with his limited knowledge, the pendant, his grandfather's Star of David necklace, the photograph, tip "money", and an old and largely outdated map. Prior to arriving in the Ukraine, Jonathan prearranges the guide services of Odessa-based Heritage Tours, which specializes in helping Jewish expats discover their past. The company is owned and operated by three generations of the Alexander Perchov family, who generally think Jewish people are stupid for wanting to revisit their past, and spend large sums of money for their services in doing so. The three from Heritage assigned to Jonathan's file are: the company founder Alexander I ("Grandpa"), the retired, non-blind blind man who will be the driver; his "seeing eye" dog, Sammy Davis Jr. Jr., a deranged bitch of a dog; and Alexander III ("Alex"), a western pop cultural loving young man, whose broken English will need to suffice for translation. Jonathan will learn that his guides are a loving but dysfunctional lot who have little interest in helping him beyond taking his money. But during their time together, this quest will affect Jonathan, Grandpa and Alex in different ways, all tied to the value of remembering.

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Village Voice - 9/10 by Michael AtkinsonFoer's ironic ideas have a lovely roundness to them, and somehow the film achieves Holocaust-fiction balance without much ado or melodrama. It may be substantially less ambitious than its source material, but that may be what saves it from implosion.
CHUD - 9/10 by Devin FaraciQuite simply, Everything is Illuminated is a wonderful film, a moving film, and a funny film.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertA film that grows in reflection. The first time I saw it, I was hurtling down the tracks of a goofy ethnic comedy when suddenly we entered dark and dangerous territory. I admired the film but did not sufficiently appreciate its arc.
Entertainment Weekly - 9/10 by Lisa SchwarzbaumFor one of those obstreperously original books that are themselves impossible to translate, Everything Is Illuminated is impressively well lit.
Blunt Review - 9/10 by Emily BluntIs the film as cool as the poster, you beg to know?...
Reel Film Reviews - 9/10 by David Nusair...one of the most impressive first efforts to come along in a while.
Houston Chronicle - 9/10 by Amy BiancolliIt'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.
Charlotte Observer - 9/10 by Lawrence ToppmanSchreiber was smart enough to cut the 40 percent of the novel dealing with Trochimbrod's twisted history, but he couldn't assemble the remaining pieces into a satisfying whole.
Buzzine Magazine - 9/10 by Staci Layne WilsonFirst-time director Liev Schreiber proves himself up to the task of conveying comedy and drama with equal aplomb.
Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by Michael RechtshaffenLeave it to Liev: Schreiber capably adds writer-director to his impressive resume with this winning take on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel.

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