Adam Resurrected
2008
Drama, War
1h 46m
"Adam Resurrected" follows the story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by Nathan Gross. Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer--cabaret impresario, circus owner, magician, musician--loved by audiences and Nazis alike until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein... (imdb)
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Adam Resurrected
2008
Drama, War
1h 46m
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Rated 29 Dec 2008
55
14th
There's something redeeming here, but it's still hard to recommend this... Ultimately, I think it misses it's mark...
Rated 29 Dec 2008
Rated 15 May 2009
8
84th
Ridiculously well-acted by Jeff Goldblum. Where's his Oscar?!
Rated 15 May 2009
Rated 06 Jul 2010
95
89th
Few people can grasp the sheer beauty of this film. Primarily due to its not being a product of Hollywood Yiddish-American sniveling cretins, it cuts through your spine and gnashes across your viscera, fucks with your sanity and leaves you in a spiraling decline to pro tem madness. It's deranged, it's unorthodox, and it rapes your brain. And that is how every movie should be.
Rated 06 Jul 2010
Rated 17 Jul 2009
60
54th
It was nice to see Paul Schrader do an adaptation of an Israeli novel, and Goldblum and Dafoe teaming up with a cast of prominent Israeli actors (though Dror Keren's role was too small). The result however was slightly disappointing. It's an intriguing film and worth watching but I thought the pacing was rather hectic, and it felt somewhat like a surface very thoroughly scratched with never a deep cut. A whole lot of interesting things happen, but nothing very affecting.
Rated 17 Jul 2009
Rated 18 Dec 2009
77
65th
I feel like my brain was raped. While a weird combination of Ninth Configuration and Schrader's own Dominion, and an experience that never meshes as you think it should, this is still an amazing piece of work for being audacious, iconoclastic, and well scripted. Goldblum is in manic brilliance here, and Jacobi (act in more films, Derek) and Dafoe don't hurt either. Not everyone will like it but this will be, at the very least, appreciated.
Rated 18 Dec 2009
Rated 18 Feb 2009
80
91st
Adam Stein, our protagonist, embodied by Jeff Goldblum, has survived a German concentration camp but lost his family. An SS-officer made him live and behave like a dog and it is only when another dog-like being arrives in the clinic that Stein finds a way to escape his manic world of excess. An extraordinarily mighty and brilliant performance by Jeff Goldblum who carries the whole movie to a difficult, funny and intense experience.
Rated 18 Feb 2009
Rated 05 Mar 2010
78
93rd
There are so called 'mind-fuck' movies, and now I know there are mind-rape movies. After watching Adam Resurrected you will need to pick up pieces and compose yourself again. Yes, it is not a movie that everyone will enjoy. Sure, there are flaws in the narrative. But I can't stress enough how good this film is, compared to how little it is known.
Rated 05 Mar 2010
Rated 11 Jul 2011
65
71st
Although no doubt too symbolic and theatrical for some audiences (but in the film's defence, the protagonist is a performer and a clown), this exploration of trauma and guilt goes some distance into the mind of a survivor. As often happens with productions open to this kind of experimentation, some parts were effective and others too self-consciously "meaningful", but there was, at least, a guiding sense of the complex play of reason and irrationality, and an interesting concluding speech.
Rated 11 Jul 2011
Rated 23 Feb 2009
75
77th
I'll admit that I don't remember this film all that well but I'm positive that Jeff Goldblum was absolutely amazing in it. Give the man good parts again, pretty please!
Rated 23 Feb 2009
Rated 29 Sep 2008
69
17th
Definitely unlike any other movie I've seen thus far. It's extremely interesting, but doesn't quite come together. Goldblum is a treat though, as always.
Rated 29 Sep 2008
Rated 15 Jun 2009
100
95th
We've all seen Holocaust movies, but I don't think there's ever been one ('cept maybe _The Pawnbroker_) that was about the massive *psychological* fallout suffered by the survivors. This is a highly noncommercial movie, for that reason and a lot of others (no really big stars, heaps of dialogue from the source novel that's hard to follow to boot, way too thoughtful for prime time), so if you actually get a chance to see this on the big screen somehow, jump at it. Excellent work from all involved
Rated 15 Jun 2009
Rated 31 Jan 2011
87
88th
Extraordinary movie. Great performance by Jeff Goldblum.
Rated 31 Jan 2011
Rated 13 Dec 2018
87
87th
Gonzo weirdness, layered symbolism, disturbing flashes, humor that is as funny as it is odd, great performances, all wrapped up in a strange and at times hard to consume package.
Rated 13 Dec 2018
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