100
Village Voice
One cannot recommend this film strongly enough.
Adam Resurrected
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- Germany,
- United States,
- Israel
- 2008
- · 106m
Director
Paul Schrader
Cast
Jeff Goldblum,
Willem Dafoe,
Derek Jacobi,
Ayelet Zurer,
Hana Laslo
Genre
Drama,
War
Before the war, Adam was an entertainer in Berlin until he found himself in a concentration camp. Adam survives the camp by becoming a "dog," entertaining Nazis while his wife and daughter are sent off to die. After the war, he goes to an asylum, where he meets and finds kinship with a young boy.
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100
Village Voice by F. X. Feeney
One cannot recommend this film strongly enough.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The madness of Holocaust survivors is here played mainly for dark comedy. The film's dazzling central performance in a mental institute finds Jeff Goldblum in the role of his career.
75
The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin
In a stunning lead performance, Goldblum stars as a brilliant, apolitical jester.
60
Los Angeles Times
In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod for his performance in Adam Resurrected.
60
Variety by Todd McCarthy
Largely set in two of the least appetizing locations imaginable, a concentration camp and an insane asylum, this is a rigorously made film that does almost nothing to invite the viewer into its world.
60
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod for his performance in Adam Resurrected.
50
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce.
40
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The film is so flat that it leaves you wondering if Mr. Kaniuk's book is ultimately untranslatable to the screen.
38
New York Post by Kyle Smith
Goldblum's wobbly German accent and the staginess of the script doom this effort by Paul Schrader ("American Gigolo").
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