Everything Is Illuminated, Elijah Wood, DVD - Barnes & Noble
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An obsessive young man (Elijah Wood, almost unrecognizable with slicked-down hair and thick glasses) journeys to Ukraine in an attempt to locate the woman credited with saving his Jewish grandfather from the Nazis during World War...
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An obsessive young man (Elijah Wood, almost unrecognizable with slicked-down hair and thick glasses) journeys to Ukraine in an attempt to locate the woman credited with saving his Jewish grandfather from the Nazis during World War II. The trip becomes an offbeat odyssey that gives new meaning to the phrase "culture clash." Talented actor Liev Schreiber couldn't have picked a more complex project for his directorial debut: Illuminated is adapted from an avant-garde novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, a sprawling yarn that covers some 200 years and thumbs its nose at most literary conventions. The film narrows its focus to Jonathan's Ukrainian adventure, which will be amply bizarre for most viewers. For the first hour or so it's a flat-out comedy that pairs buttoned-down Jonathan with irrepressible Alex (Eugene Hutz, frontman of gypsy punk band Gogol Borello), whose fractured English is good for numerous chuckles. The humor, some of it involving a dog named Sammy Davis Jr., is rather broad and makes Wood a straight man for his eccentric costars. But the third act turns sober, even a bit dark, and the abrupt change in tone might be a little off-putting. Nonetheless, this is a daring, provocative film, and if your tastes run to the unusual, you'll find it most appealing. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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