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73% Critic Match
Everything Is Illuminated
“Leave Normal Behind.”
7.3 / 10• 2005• 1h 45m•PG-13• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
Cast & Crew
Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Lead
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Boris Lyoskin
Grandfather
JH
Jana Hrabětova
Jonathan's Grandmother
Jonathan Safran Foer
Leaf Blower
SS
Stephen Samudovsky
Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
OC
Oleksandr Choroshko
Alexander Perchov, Father
GK
Gil Kazimirov
Igor
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Liev Schreiber's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Everything Is Illuminated is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
