Everything is Illuminated

Pros: Great acting, interesting story
Cons: A little slow, too many montages

Everything is Illuminated is a quirky little movie staring Elijah Wood as a young man who travels to the Ukraine to learn more about his recently deceased grandfather. After meeting several interesting characters, he uncovers an interesting family ...

Pros: Very interesting story, interesting and enjoyable performances.
Cons: The movie was a bit confusing at times.

I rented this film with no expectations and no idea of what it was about. It looked like one of those independent films that I either love or hate. Elijah Wood looked promising, gazing at me through closed meditative eyes behind thick glasses from a ...

Pros: Story, music, all performances, balance of humor and contemplation
Cons: That it is only 100 mins long

I haven’t had much luck with my Netflix picks lately. Some of them I didn’t even finish (Shopgirl and Neverland) and some I finished but just didn’t get well enough to review, so it was well past time for me to see one that knocked my ...

Pros: Great soundtrack, beautiful colors and outstanding performances
Cons: None

Everything is Illuminated explores the trip of the neurotic American Jew Jonathan (named after the book’s author), to find out about his grandfather’s history. All Jonathan has is a photograph of his grandfather with the woman who saved him from ...

Pros: Excellent performances, outstanding direction, beautiful scenery
Cons: Nothing

I've always thought that Liev Schreiber was a talented (if underrated) actor, and with Everything Is Illuminated, he's shown that he's got some formidable directing chops, too. The Story The plot of the film is simple. Elijah Wood ...

Pros: Elijah Wood as stoic and strange American Jew; comical language problems; Ukrainian countryside; engaging plot
Cons: Some glitches but nothing too disturbing; some lack of clarity in plot may irk

Elijah Wood plays a young Jewish-American in search of his roots in this oddball film, basically a roadtrip back in the Ukraine in an old (GDR) Trabant. He makes contact with a bickering three-generation family who run "Heritage Tours", to take "rich ...

Pros: Empathetic portrayal of all characters; emotional impact
Cons: (Sound of wind blowing)

"Everything is Illuminated" is a story about three men and a dog who travel the length and breadth of the Ukraine seeking what only one of them knows to be a defunct Jewish village.  Regardless what ...

Pros: Funny, moving and beautifully shot.
Cons: Ending is a little weak.

"Everything is Illuminated" tells the story of a young man who journeys to a small town in the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather’s life from the Nazis during World War II. With such a serious-sounding synopsis, it may be surprising ...

Pros: Beautifully filmed and acted, with a very enjoyable storyline
Cons: Would've enjoyed more book plotlines but it may have made the movie too long...

Everything is Illuminated, adapted for film by Liev Schrieber based on the excellent book by Jonathan Safran Foer, is probably one of the most enjoyable balances of drama and comedy I've seen in quite some time. I remember being disappointed the ...

Pros: The plot, the visuals, the spot-on funny comments
Cons: Draws heavily of pro-, or anti-, semitic biases

The movie is not a run-of-mill kind that become commercial hits, or applauded by critics to become Oscar winners. I learnt that the movie is based on a novel only after I had watched it. So, I had no prior perceptions when I watched the movie. Still, I ...

Pros: characters compliments each other,the cinematography is awesome
Cons: it helped with word translations, since some characters spoke a foreign language.

i saw this movie as a recommendation by a friend of mine.since i was still in awe of The Lord of the Rings and Elijah Wood.

the movie starts with the narration of Elijah's character and the search for that one family member who doesn't have much memories he was able to collect.

the background of the movie is gorgeous,like a postcard especially with the driving and outside scenes.