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Everything Is Illuminated

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Everything Is Illuminated
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PG13,1hr 46min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
September 23, 2005
Director:
Liev Schreiber
Distributor:
Warner Independent Pictures
Starring:
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin  ...more
Synopsis: 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 pertaining to his family, and he has become obsessed with a woman he's never met. The woman saved the life of his grandfather during World War II, when the Ukrainian town where he was born was destroyed by Nazi troops. Wanting to know more about the woman, Jonathan ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
A 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. Full Review
Metascore
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58
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 35 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Boris Leskin
Jonathan's Grandfather, Jonathan's Grandmother
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