Adam Resurrected

Name: Adam Resurrected
Genre: Drama, War
Released: December 12, 2008
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe

2008

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Image Entertainment | Release Date: December 12, 2008 | R

Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe

Summary: 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 toAdam 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)… Expand

Director: Paul Schrader

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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F. X. Feeney

One cannot recommend this film strongly enough. Read full review

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

Nathan Rabin

In a stunning lead performance, Goldblum stars as a brilliant, apolitical jester. Read full review

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

Owen Gleiberman

The director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce. Read full review

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

Kyle Smith

Goldblum's wobbly German accent and the staginess of the script doom this effort by Paul Schrader ("American Gigolo"). Read full review

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morfil

Feb 3, 2016

I witnessed the triumph of this film from the beginning to end but, it was not an easy road for me to get at that state of mind. It starts slowly like an orchestra and wraps up in a crescendo of rebirth. I was uncomfortable at times with some scenes yet I felt they were completely relevantI witnessed the triumph of this film from the beginning to end but, it was not an easy road for me to get at that state of mind. It starts slowly like an orchestra and wraps up in a crescendo of rebirth. I was uncomfortable at times with some scenes yet I felt they were completely relevant to the story line. This film's premise and subject matter is very torrid and twisted yet poetically bouts between the absurd and metaphorical.… Expand

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JayH

Sep 11, 2009

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.

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