Wow, long time no post for me here.

Just curious if anyone else has watched Everything Is Illuminated. I just recieved it from Netflix and absolutely loved this movie (enough that I plan on buying my own copy to share with friends).

Anyhow, the movie is about a young jewish boy from America (Elijah Wood) who travels to the Ukraine to search for his grandfather's past. He hires out a service to take him around to find where his grandfather grew up, only to find that no one seems to know the location anymore. There is a lot of humor at the beginning due to the language barriers between Wood and the Grandfather of his escorts, who has his grandson translate for him (Eugene Hutz of the band Gogol Bordello).

Wow, long time no post for me here.

Just curious if anyone else has watched Everything Is Illuminated. I just recieved it from Netflix and absolutely loved this movie (enough that I plan on buying my own copy to share with friends).

Anyhow, the movie is about a young jewish boy from America (Elijah Wood) who travels to the Ukraine to search for his grandfather's past. He hires out a service to take him around to find where his grandfather grew up, only to find that no one seems to know the location anymore. There is a lot of humor at the beginning due to the language barriers between Wood and the Grandfather of his escorts, who has his grandson translate for him (Eugene Hutz of the band Gogol Bordello).

I saw this about a year ago and LOVED it. I forgot about it though. Now I will have to buy a copy. very touching film that is well written.