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Everything
Is Illuminated (2005)
  
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Director:
Liev Schreiber |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama/Comedy |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Everything
Is Illuminated |
RUNNING
TIME
106
minutes |
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Producer:
Peter Saraf
Marc Turteltaub |
Screenwriter
(based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer):
Liev Schreiber |
Review
First-time
director Liev Schreiber shows abundances of talent in bringing this
quirky but highly emotional and historically aware story to the screen.
Schreiber's direction is free-spirited and attentive, but it also has a
strong sense of human psychology. At times, Everything Is Illuminated
feels like Aki Kaurismäki co-directed - there is a patience involved in
which the characters are given time to, seemingly reluctantly, let us
get under their skin. And when we finally do, the film moves from its
delightful comedy to the more sombre parts of this story. Boris Leskin's
performance is powerful, and Elijah Wood at times shows his immense
talent in an intriguing role.
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