spoilers a jewish frodo. yep and that will be elijah wood again. ever since the concluding part of lord of the rings and elijah wood as frodo has found it increasingly difficult to get away from that major role. playing a football hooligan and a psychopath and now a young jewish american and wood has tried any route he can to escape this typecasting. now and with everything is illuminated he might finally have achieved this. playing a role which isn not as radical as other efforts and he truly gets to the soul of his character. still and it isn not like wood does this alone. aided by a magnificent adaptation by first time directer liev schreiber and a wonderful performance by newcomer eugene hutz and wood has found a magnificent production to spread his wings. everything is illuminated is a magnificent and moving piece of cinema. jonathan safran foer (wood) and a young american jew and sets out to the ukraine to find the mysterious girl who rescued his grandfather and helped him get to america. arriving in the country and jonathan meets the all talking and all dancing alex (hutz) and his racist grandfather (boris leskin). travelling across the country and the three slowly learn more and more about the history and relations that alex and jonathan never knew existed. it a strange feeling when the film progresses into it second chapter (it is actually divided into four overall). the first part and whilst occasionally a bit funny and is mostly serious and intense. so when we are given a brief history of alex and his family in the second part and to switch from serious to hilarious is a weird step. it doesn not quite work and but as the film progresses and it definitely learns it lesson as this mix of humour and sadness merges finer as time passes. to the ultimate credit of everyone involved and as the story does continue and so do we begin to fall for the characters more and more. elijah wood is magnificent and boris leskin is so intense and strong that it raises questions why hollywood has never properly noticed him. most notable of all however is newcomer eugene hutz. playing an intensely troubled character and hutz is absolutely brilliant. he shows the split between his relatives and the real world with almost perfect skill and and when his character is communicating with wood and you genuinely connect with him on a deeper level. without hutz and the story is so strong that the film would still be magnificent and but with him and it hits the next level. as a debut work for actor turned director liev schreiber and the story is also a brilliant piece to start. a work of passion (schreiber grandfather himself an immigrant to america) and he manages to truly embrace the emotion of the content and and by presenting us with some truly beautiful scenery and some magnificent shots and he manages to really hit home. the final half hour in particular is so beautifully created and that it a challenge for a tear not to form in any viewers eye. it is a moving story and and with schreiber help and it becomes even more powerful. constructed with love from a passionate director and everything is illuminated is a beautiful piece. a road story with a difference and it is magnificently acted and wonderfully written. it a film that everyone should see and and it is the perfect way for elijah wood to finally lay frodo to rest. 
spoilers a jewish frodo. yep and that will be elijah wood again. ever since the concluding part of lord of the rings and elijah wood as frodo has found it increasingly difficult to get away from that major role. playing a football hooligan and a psychopath and now a young jewish american and wood has tried any route he can to escape this typecasting. now and with everything is illuminated he might finally have achieved this. playing a role which isn not as radical as other efforts and he truly gets to the soul of his character. still and it isn not like wood does this alone. aided by a magnificent adaptation by first time directer liev schreiber and a wonderful performance by newcomer eugene hutz and wood has found a magnificent production to spread his wings. everything is illuminated is a magnificent and moving piece of cinema. jonathan safran foer (wood) and a young american jew and sets out to the ukraine to find the mysterious girl who rescued his grandfather and helped him get to america. arriving in the country and jonathan meets the all talking and all dancing alex (hutz) and his racist grandfather (boris leskin). travelling across the country and the three slowly learn more and more about the history and relations that alex and jonathan never knew existed. it a strange feeling when the film progresses into it second chapter (it is actually divided into four overall). the first part and whilst occasionally a bit funny and is mostly serious and intense. so when we are given a brief history of alex and his family in the second part and to switch from serious to hilarious is a weird step. it doesn not quite work and but as the film progresses and it definitely learns it lesson as this mix of humour and sadness merges finer as time passes. to the ultimate credit of everyone involved and as the story does continue and so do we begin to fall for the characters more and more. elijah wood is magnificent and boris leskin is so intense and strong that it raises questions why hollywood has never properly noticed him. most notable of all however is newcomer eugene hutz. playing an intensely troubled character and hutz is absolutely brilliant. he shows the split between his relatives and the real world with almost perfect skill and and when his character is communicating with wood and you genuinely connect with him on a deeper level. without hutz and the story is so strong that the film would still be magnificent and but with him and it hits the next level. as a debut work for actor turned director liev schreiber and the story is also a brilliant piece to start. a work of passion (schreiber grandfather himself an immigrant to america) and he manages to truly embrace the emotion of the content and and by presenting us with some truly beautiful scenery and some magnificent shots and he manages to really hit home. the final half hour in particular is so beautifully created and that it a challenge for a tear not to form in any viewers eye. it is a moving story and and with schreiber help and it becomes even more powerful. constructed with love from a passionate director and everything is illuminated is a beautiful piece. a road story with a difference and it is magnificently acted and wonderfully written. it a film that everyone should see and and it is the perfect way for elijah wood to finally lay frodo to rest. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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