Time for a short movie review. I knew of the movie Everything Is Illuminated when it came out, but never got around to seeing it. The awesomity (you heard me) of Netflix allows me to catch up on all the movies I miss, since the window between movie theatre and dvd release is like 4 minutes now-a-days. I highly recommmend netflix.
Onward. Everything Is Illuminated is a good movie, and not some self-indulgent indie flick, if that was your impression of semi-off-mainstream films. I suppose you might want a plot synopsis. A young jewish man (Elijah Wood) goes to the Ukraine to learn more about his family's past. Pretty simple at heart, as often the best stories are. The story takes its time to develop and if you can wait it out, you'll be rewarded. Patience is the key. The film has some beautfiul shots as well, and a generally satisfying ending. You'll laugh, you'll contemplate, and you might well up in the eyes a little bit, but in the end you'll know it was worth it.
"Everything is illuminated in the light of the past, which is inside us looking out."
I geeeerrrrr'on'teeeee or your money back. *
I hope someone reads this besides myself, please, leave a comment, any comment, bueller, bueller...
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