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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, Metacritic 58/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 2,368 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
842 audience votes
Key crew
- Liev SchreiberDirector
- Liev SchreiberScreenplay
- Paul CantelonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elijah WoodJonathan Safran Foer
- Eugene HutzAlex
- Boris LyoskinGrandfather
- Jana HrabětovaJonathan's Grandmother
- Jonathan Safran FoerLeaf Blower
- Stephen SamudovskyJonathan's Grandfather Safran
- Oleksandr ChoroshkoAlexander Perchov, Father
- Gil KazimirovIgor
- Zuzana HodkováAlex's Mother
- Ljubomir DezeraYoung Jonathan
- Laryssa LauretLista
- Tereza VeselkovaAugustine
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Themes
blindness and impaired visionnazigrandparent grandchild relationshipmass murderpop culturejourney in the pastsouvenircollectorantisemitismphotographcloseted homosexualgay theme