4/5

It's also a generous performance, because Wood literally takes a backseat to Hutz's movie-stealing turn as the language-mangling Alex, whose English is 'not so premium'.

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12/06/05

5/5

Poignant, pensive and profound.

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12/06/05

3/5

Far too earnest for its own good, even though the film looks amazing and the story can't help but carry a strong punch

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10/06/05

7/10

What begins in quirks and idiosyncrasy moves into a dark place where profound sadness and profound closure co-exist side by side.

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02/28/08

N/A

while the film, concerned as it is with the brotherhood of man, is undoubtedly humanist in its philosophy, there are enough shades of grey to cast long shadows over its apparently sunny outlook.

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07/04/07

3/4

It is a film that doesn't want us to forget. Or perhaps it is a film that wants a new generation to remember a past which profoundly shapes its present.

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09/22/06

6/10

...for all its importance as a message picture and for all the subtlety of its filmmaking, the movie never quite feels like it has as much to say as it thinks it does.

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03/20/06

N/A

First-time director Liev Schreiber proves himself up to the task of conveying comedy and drama with equal aplomb.

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03/19/06

3.5/4

It's risky material for a first-time director... But Schreiber's involving screenplay and his remarkably assured handling of the material somehow brings it all together into an effective, charmingly offbeat whole.

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02/17/06

3/5

Una Vida Iluminada ya es suficiente carta de presentación como para esperar más del Liev Schreiber director que del actor.

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