Movie Review

Adam Resurrected (2008)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Limited Release: Dec 12, 2008; Rated: R; Length: 106 Minutes; Genres: Drama, War; With: Jeff Goldblum

For the Dogs: Jeff Goldblum stars in Adam Resurrceted | Adam Resurrected
For the Dogs: Jeff Goldblum stars in Adam Resurrceted

Jeff Goldblum, with his ironic domineering smirk, is Adam Stein, a Holocaust survivor and mental patient who lords it over an Israeli insane asylum like a Jewish vaudeville R.P. McMurphy; they should have called this One Flew Over the Meshuggenah's Nest. Adam Resurrected flashes back to Stein's days as a prisoner, where he saved his hide — but lost his soul — by literally pretending to be the Nazi commandant's dog. The director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce. C

Originally posted Dec 10, 2008 Published in issue #1026 Dec 19, 2008 Order article reprints

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