Everything Is Illuminated | 
| Director: Liev Schreiber
Actors: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 3396
Format: Ac-3, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD59342D
UPC: 012569593428
EAN: 0012569593428
ASIN: B000DWMN2S
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 2005
Release Date: March 21, 2006
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Product Description
A young jewish american man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during world war ii in a ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the nazis with the help of a local who speaks weirdly funny broken english. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Elijah Wood Run time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg13
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| Customer Reviews: Read 135 more reviews...
 Love the dog! December 30, 2008
S. Kay Murphy (Mt. Baldy, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Life is not all sad and tragic. Neither is it sunshine and butterflies every day. I love films that take the balance of life--its griefs, joys and absurdities--and present them in a way that enables us to see ourselves and our own lives.
Elijah Wood once again finds a role in which he can shape-shift into a character who is decidedly not like him, yet he makes that character real. In fact, all the actors in this film--including the dog--give poignant and profound performances. (Ohhh, Grandpa!!!) This is a wonderful little film.
woman of the household November 24, 2008
Molly M. Reaney (Lewiston, Idaho)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A surprising and refreshing film. I laughed & cried (the best kind of movie, I think). I had originally rented it & decided that I must purchase it to watch again and again. I find new information with each viewing.
Everything is Illuminated November 11, 2008
Deborah R. Carroll (Orlando, FL USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a great movie! The characters are funny and likeable. The story is so funny and human then takes an incredibly poignant turn.
 Disjointed And Forced October 17, 2008
Paddon (Morristown, New Jersey)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found the film to be very disjointed. Before I inserted the disc into my player I read the description on the box and some online reviews. They make much of a young man's search for an old woman who knew his grandfather during the Holocaust sixty years ago. Then I started the movie, and I was confused by the use of hiphop music by Alex, the tour guide.
Don't get me wrong. I like Dr. Dre and other rappers, and I like learning about the Holocaust. But Alex's shtick felt very forced. The protagonist Jonathan's positive reaction to Alex's shtick made Jonathan seem phony and obsequious, as if he were saying, "I have to play along with hiphop in order to please these young people, and I have to play along with other more somber people in order to please my grandfather and his generation." That sounds like the attitude of a Bar Mitzvah boy with ambitions of making big bucks at his father's moneylending firm and he tells each party guest what he/she wants to hear.
I won't spoil the end of this film. I will say the grandfather's final scene also felt forced and out of synch with what he had said and done throughout the movie. By contrast, the character of Maude in "Harold and Maude" is a Holocaust survivor, and I felt her final scene was in synch with everything else. She doesn't want to live past her 80th birthday, and she says that in the beginning. Granted, "Harold and Maude" is not really about the Holocaust, but there are literally hundreds of other movies and TV documentaries that are indeed about it, and they are all superior to "Everything Is Illuminated." Some of them were even made during the Vietnam War, such as "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" and a color film from as far back as 1967 starring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi: "The 25th Hour."
I hate to denigrate something that Liev Schreiber put so much work into. He's a terrific actor. I loved him in "Kate and Leopold," and I saw him do Shakespeare in a New York theater. But he must choose better material to direct. Maybe I should read the book of "Everything Is Illuminated." Some books just don't translate to the screen. No matter what I may find in the book, I just cannot stomach this movie. I recommend the other three Holocaust films I named above. They are all easily available.
Inspiring September 17, 2008
B. Pinson (Cordova, TN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This DVD is based on the book by JSF. This is a movie you will appreciate if you appreciate art and detail. It's not a summer blockbuster for sure. The movie carefully takes you through the story and you feel like you are walking alongside the characters. It's a great story and the actors do a great job in their roles. I recommend this movie especially if you have been to Eastern Europe for any length of time.
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