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Adam Resurrected
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 8 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | War
Written by: Noah Stollman
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 12, 2008
DVD: September 22, 2009
Running Time: 106 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for some disturbing behavior, sexuality, nudity and some language
Starring Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, and Ayelet Zurer
Adam Resurrected follows former Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein, an enthralling, enigmatic patient at the Seizling Institute, a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors. Entertainer, clairvoyant, sophisticate and lothario, Stein veers from brilliance to eroticism, horror and madness, with flashbacks to the physical and psychological demoralization he endured under Commandant Klein in the Stellring death camp. Stein appears to have everyone stymied and overawed, but an unusual new patient seems to have the magnetic power to break him free of the grip of his relentless torment. (Bleiberg Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
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The Hollywood Reporter 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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
In a stunning lead performance, Goldblum stars as a brilliant, apolitical jester.
Read Full Review >Variety 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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein
In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod for his performance in Adam Resurrected.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The film is so flat that it leaves you wondering if Mr. Kaniuk's book is ultimately untranslatable to the screen.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Goldblum's wobbly German accent and the staginess of the script doom this effort by Paul Schrader ("American Gigolo").
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jay H gave it a5:
Often unpleasant to watch and overall it is just not an appealing film. There are so many better holocaust films out there, this is too often tedious and seems far longer than its 106 minute length. Jeff Goldblum does well, but his German accent needs work.
