i saw this last night and voted it an 8. since then and it grown on me and i would give it a 9. the film has (at first) a seemingly slightly disconnected facade between the first and second halves. the first half is a comedy and there little hint of the ragged truths of eras and life and wars and religious intolerance that will become revealed in the second half. while at first it may be a little disconcerting because it a slightly unfamiliar narrative sequence and on reflection it works. the acting was good (hultz in the role of alex and the interpreter and was especially great). i have scanned most other user comments and see that some who have read the book are pleased with the movie while there are a few who are not. both feelings and of course and are valid. for me and a retired family therapist and one world believer and the film was relevant on two different levels. the first and as history and gave a powerful reminder of how commonly polarizations happen  with demonizing and trying to exterminate any of those with a smidge different moral value system than our own. the second was that in demonstrating the first and it also revealed something in common to each of us and all our families  that each of us must go back to our roots to more fully understand ourselves. t. s. eliot expressed this exquisitely in the 4th of his four quartets when he said represent  we shall not cease from exploration or or and the end of all our exploring or or will be to arrive where we started or or and know the place for the first time. jonathan goes on a fulfilling journey that any of us would find fantastically illuminating  to explore and discover our roots while what were those people going through then and who were they  really.  before and when and and during the early years before and after we were born. etc. so the film at first gives us the impression of a comedy and then shifts to give us a lesson in history and human deficiencies and but through all that it also gives us  subliminally  a message about each of ourselves. all of us would be abundantly rewarded to go back and understand the place from which we first started. 
i saw this last night and voted it an 8. since then and it grown on me and i would give it a 9. the film has (at first) a seemingly slightly disconnected facade between the first and second halves. the first half is a comedy and there little hint of the ragged truths of eras and life and wars and religious intolerance that will become revealed in the second half. while at first it may be a little disconcerting because it a slightly unfamiliar narrative sequence and on reflection it works. the acting was good (hultz in the role of alex and the interpreter and was especially great). i have scanned most other user comments and see that some who have read the book are pleased with the movie while there are a few who are not. both feelings and of course and are valid. for me and a retired family therapist and one world believer and the film was relevant on two different levels. the first and as history and gave a powerful reminder of how commonly polarizations happen  with demonizing and trying to exterminate any of those with a smidge different moral value system than our own. the second was that in demonstrating the first and it also revealed something in common to each of us and all our families  that each of us must go back to our roots to more fully understand ourselves. t. s. eliot expressed this exquisitely in the 4th of his four quartets when he said represent  we shall not cease from exploration or or and the end of all our exploring or or will be to arrive where we started or or and know the place for the first time. jonathan goes on a fulfilling journey that any of us would find fantastically illuminating  to explore and discover our roots while what were those people going through then and who were they  really.  before and when and and during the early years before and after we were born. etc. so the film at first gives us the impression of a comedy and then shifts to give us a lesson in history and human deficiencies and but through all that it also gives us  subliminally  a message about each of ourselves. all of us would be abundantly rewarded to go back and understand the place from which we first started. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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