Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

A young American Jewish man begins an exhausting quest -- aided by a naïve Ukranian translator -- to find the righteous gentile woman who saved his grandfather when his small Ukranian village (along with most of the populace) was obliterated during the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. Stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz and Boris Leskin. Liev Schreiber directs. Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.

My Two Cents: A quirky comedy that changes course midway thorugh, personalizing the tragedy of the Holocaust.

NetFlix Rank: Really Liked It
IMDB Rank: 8/10