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Everything is Illuminated - A Movie Review
"Official" description: A young American Jewish man begins an exhausting quest -- aided by a naïve Ukranian translator -- to find the righteous gentile woman (Laryssa Laurette) who saved his grandfather when his small Ukranian village (along with most of the populace) was obliterated during the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. Stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz and Boris Leskin. Liev Schreiber directs. Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. I found this movie because Eugene Hutz is in it and I love his band Gogol Bordello. So I decided to check this out and I really liked it. It was made in 2006. The beginning is a bit slow, but once the main characters get together it is quite funny and often sweet. The characters are all quirky in their own way, which is enjoyable. The acting was great and understated. It was beautifully shot and the use of color is outstanding. Just a good, quiet, funny movie. The end was a bit overdone, but still good. The grandfather, who believes he is blind, agrees to drive this American around looking for his past only if his seeing eye dog can come along. Without her, of course, he cannot drive as she is his eyes. His grandson, the translator, who loves American hip hop and Michael Jackson, says maybe they should make her a uniform so she'll look more official. The dog herself, Sammy Davis Jr. Jr., is seemingly insane and not really very nice. Our vegetarian American on a quest collects many odd items from his and his family members' lives... and of course is afraid of dogs. My favorite line was when Eugene Hutz, who was the translator for the (vegetarian) American was trying to get the inn keeper to serve him something without meat. He finally resorted to "The American is deranged. Can you please just give him the potato without the meat." - Chris@StagersLIST.com
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Contributor's Note
This was originally posted on my Active Rain Blog www.ActiveRain.com/chrisfisher
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