Review of Adam Resurrected (2008) by James R — 05 Nov 2008

Damnit, this movie had such an interesting set-up (damaged-goods holocaust survivors living in a nut-house somewhere in Israel on the edge of the desert with its star being an ex-magician/clown), that it sucked so much for it to be a let-down.

This movie, above all else, is f*cking weird. And not always in a good way. Sometimes it's just... shit. How am I not supposed to laugh when we're shown Jeff Goldblum spending big chunks of the running time trying to teach a dog-boy how to be a regular boy.

Best parts: flashbacks to Willem Dafoe as a Nazi commandant crafting Goldblum into his 'dog' during his stay at a concentration camp. The rest of the movie ranges from decent weird to just terrible (like the ending). That it's also confusing, or doesn't really get the right visual boost from Schrader, doesn't help.