1. NhungL.

   10

   The movie is soooooo brilliant - it really touches my emotions without using sentimental scenes and language. Its pace is slow with soft music, which gives me a feeling of sadness and gloominess. At first, I was amused by Alex's family, but then deeply absolved in their serious and mysterious adventure. The movie achieves a lot without telling too much, just silence, music and beautiful scene. The view of the woman's house in the middle of a sunflower field is soooo fanciful. Those who think that Jonathan's trip ends up nowhere should rewatch the movie. In the end, Jonathan finds Trachimbrod and gains much more - not just lost family memories.… Expand

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2. MattB.

   5

   The movie cuts the most poignant sections of the novel, entirely eliminating the "flashbacks" to the writer's resulting novel. Added character quirks don't improve upon those in Safran Foer's novel and move the film into the realm of kitsch. If you liked the film, read the book. The film is a pale reflection.… Expand

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3. Jan

   3

   It's so painfully boring. The Director should be looking for better scripts than overload the movie watching time with the same old behavioral fatique of dysfunctional characters seen in so many of today's films. Not to say least that Elijah Wood's extraordinary set of eyes needed patching with a pair of "magnifying" glasses to draw the viwers' attention. After this film, the poor lad will be remembered as a dead square, dolled up with a face set to look like a shining porcelain cartoon puppet.… Expand

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