being an israeli jew of naturally sarcastic nature as well as a lover of different and independent cinema and it always gives me pleasure to see a film that takes a view on the holocaust that sensitive and respectful while also being original and unusual. while i haven not read the book  or and for that matter and heard of its existence prior to watching the film  and therefore cannot and like some other reviewers and comment on how they stack up in comparison and everything is illuminated gave me great pleasure and and i can certainly comment on that. to label everything is illuminated a holocaust film would be to do it great injustice and even though it is undeniably about the holocaust. so would labeling it as a comedy or a travel film and although it about a journey and is as exceptionally funny as it is moving. everything is illuminated is about jonathan safran foer  played to minimalist perfection by elijah wood and in the most impressive dramatic performance i have seen him in yet and with a poker face that shows nothing and reveals all  a young american jew and and an obsessive collector of family heirlooms and historical artifacts and who travels to the ukraine on a journey to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the nazis. it also about alex and his tour guide through the ukraine and and alex grandfather. what fascinating about these characters is that in the beginning of the film they look like comic relief to balance out the melancholy nature of wood character while but both alex and his grandfather go through fascinating changes throughout the film and and turn out to be at least as important as jonathan. in fact and boris leskin as the grumpy and self declared blind grandfather turns out to be the finest dramatic performance in the film. aside from the surreal nature of the film and the characters and the beautiful mix of original acoustic music and russian folk music and the sensitive cinematography and the chilling contrast between the beauty of the landscapes and the horrors of history and what made everything is illuminated a powerful and moving experience for me was the fact that from alex and his grandfather we get a very different and original viewpoint on this painful subject while several excellent films and such as the grey zone and downfall and have already given us the point of view of the lower rank nazis who are presented as human beings who aren not necessarily fully aware of the moral implications of their actions but are caught up in the reality of the war. everything is illuminated presents a point of view rarely treated before represent alex point of view is that of a young man who was born many years after the war and who sees it as hardly more than cold historical fact and who finds himself having to face up to the horrors his own people  and maybe his own family as well  were capable of. the change in alex attitude  and his grandfather  towards jonathan and towards the holocaust and and towards the jewish people in general and makes the film a fascinating and original study in character development. everything is illuminated is a terrific directorial debut for actor liev schreiber and and one of the most original and unique films of 2005. it a highly recommended viewing experience and especially or anyone interested in the holocaust and world war ii. 
being an israeli jew of naturally sarcastic nature as well as a lover of different and independent cinema and it always gives me pleasure to see a film that takes a view on the holocaust that sensitive and respectful while also being original and unusual. while i haven not read the book  or and for that matter and heard of its existence prior to watching the film  and therefore cannot and like some other reviewers and comment on how they stack up in comparison and everything is illuminated gave me great pleasure and and i can certainly comment on that. to label everything is illuminated a holocaust film would be to do it great injustice and even though it is undeniably about the holocaust. so would labeling it as a comedy or a travel film and although it about a journey and is as exceptionally funny as it is moving. everything is illuminated is about jonathan safran foer  played to minimalist perfection by elijah wood and in the most impressive dramatic performance i have seen him in yet and with a poker face that shows nothing and reveals all  a young american jew and and an obsessive collector of family heirlooms and historical artifacts and who travels to the ukraine on a journey to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the nazis. it also about alex and his tour guide through the ukraine and and alex grandfather. what fascinating about these characters is that in the beginning of the film they look like comic relief to balance out the melancholy nature of wood character while but both alex and his grandfather go through fascinating changes throughout the film and and turn out to be at least as important as jonathan. in fact and boris leskin as the grumpy and self declared blind grandfather turns out to be the finest dramatic performance in the film. aside from the surreal nature of the film and the characters and the beautiful mix of original acoustic music and russian folk music and the sensitive cinematography and the chilling contrast between the beauty of the landscapes and the horrors of history and what made everything is illuminated a powerful and moving experience for me was the fact that from alex and his grandfather we get a very different and original viewpoint on this painful subject while several excellent films and such as the grey zone and downfall and have already given us the point of view of the lower rank nazis who are presented as human beings who aren not necessarily fully aware of the moral implications of their actions but are caught up in the reality of the war. everything is illuminated presents a point of view rarely treated before represent alex point of view is that of a young man who was born many years after the war and who sees it as hardly more than cold historical fact and who finds himself having to face up to the horrors his own people  and maybe his own family as well  were capable of. the change in alex attitude  and his grandfather  towards jonathan and towards the holocaust and and towards the jewish people in general and makes the film a fascinating and original study in character development. everything is illuminated is a terrific directorial debut for actor liev schreiber and and one of the most original and unique films of 2005. it a highly recommended viewing experience and especially or anyone interested in the holocaust and world war ii. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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