Everything Is Illuminated
2005 · Movie · PG-13 · 105 min · ★ 7.3 · 62% critics
A young Jewish American man travels to a Ukrainian village with help from eccentric, distant relatives to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. Along the way, their journey mixes humor and emotion as the past and its losses come into focus.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-09-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (822 votes)
- Budget
- $7,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like emotionally rich travel tales that blend humor with historical weight; Not for you if you want a consistently light comedy or expect a steadier tone like Sunshine or Freedom Writers.
Pros: heartfelt history; funny road trip; memorable performances | Cons: uneven tone; pacing issues; drama/comedy balance
Themes
- blindness and impaired vision
- nazi
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- mass murder
- pop culture
- journey in the past
- souvenir
- collector
- antisemitism
- photograph
- closeted homosexual
- gay theme
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Elijah Wood
as Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
as Alex
Boris Lyoskin
as Grandfather
- JH
Jana Hrabětova
as Jonathan's Grandmother
Jonathan Safran Foer
as Leaf Blower
- SS
Stephen Samudovsky
as Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
- OC
Oleksandr Choroshko
as Alexander Perchov, Father
- GK
Gil Kazimirov
as Igor
- ZH
Zuzana Hodková
as Alex's Mother
- LD
Ljubomir Dezera
as Young Jonathan
Directed by Liev Schreiber