Adoration is the latest entry in writer-director-Canfilm icon Atom Egoyan's career-long treatise on technology, fiction and identity. And, like so many Egoyan offerings before it (Exotica, Ararat, Where the Truth Lies) the film is a non-linear, exquisitely structured, interesting and ultimately antiseptic puzzle that treats grief and the search for identity as intellectual exercises. This time, the identity-searching's done by Simon (Devon Bostick), a boy who explores his complicated feelings about his dead father by convincing his classmates (and an internet chat room) that Dad was a famous thwarted terrorist. Felicity's Scott Speedman shows up as Simon's uncle; his subtle performance makes you think and feel, a balance the rest of the film lacks.
Latest in DVD Reviews
- More »
DVD REVIEWS »
The City of Your Final Destination
posted by CARSTEN KNOX, Aug 26/10
Directed by James Ivory (Hyde Park International) comments 0
DVD REVIEWS »
The White Ribbon
posted by MATT SEMANSKY, Aug 12/10
Directed by Michael Haneke (X-Filme Creative Pool) comments 0
DVD REVIEWS »
Greenberg
posted by MATT SEMANSKY, Jul 29/10
Directed by Noah Baumbach (Scott Rudin Productions) comments 0
DVD REVIEWS »
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
posted by SEAN FLINN, Jul 29/10
Written and directed by John Krasinski (IFC Films) comments 0
DVD REVIEWS »
Collapse
posted by SHANNON FAY, Jul 22/10
Directed by Chris Smith (Bluemark Productions) comments 0
DVD REVIEWS »
Happy Tears
posted by SEAN FLINN, Jul 15/10
Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein (Mongrel Media) comments 1
Guides
- Home |
- Dating |
- Bitch |
- News |
- Music |
- Movies |
- Dining |
- Arts |
- Opinion |
-
Best Of
| - Halifax Free Classifieds |
- Smart Jobs |
- Housing |
- For Sale |
- Classes |
- Bulletin Board |
- Health, Beauty |
- Services |
- Real Estate |
- Wanted
- About Us |
- Our Staff |
- Contact Us |
- Advertise |
- Work With Us |
- Send us a Tip |
- Privacy Policy |
- Comments Policy |
-
RSS Feeds
|
- Archives
Comments (0)