Adoration
May 2009
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Trevor Johnston
Unfortunately the elaborately unspooled plot delivering these ideas in dramatic form is so scraggy and effortful it defeats the cast and rather compromises our involvement.
Roger Moore
A gimmicky, sad and beautifully acted mystery that keeps its secrets even when it loses its grasp of the logical.
Rene Rodriguez
After a promising start, this ambitious but ultimately clunky and unwieldy movie dissolves into a pile of ideas in dire need of dramatization.
Tom Long
Egoyan is nothing if not low key; and as dramatic as passages are here, he keeps the tone under control and the story believable.
Calvin Wilson
Bostick turns in a quietly mesmerizing performance, capturing Simon's sense of loss without slipping into pathos.
Tom Keogh
In Atom Egoyan's disconcerting and unpredictable Adoration, a young man's attempt to make sense of himself and his family's history turns strange when his re-imagined version of that history...
Critic reviews
Trevor Johnston
Unfortunately the elaborately unspooled plot delivering these ideas in dramatic form is so scraggy and effortful it defeats the cast and rather compromises our involvement.
Roger Moore
A gimmicky, sad and beautifully acted mystery that keeps its secrets even when it loses its grasp of the logical.
Rene Rodriguez
After a promising start, this ambitious but ultimately clunky and unwieldy movie dissolves into a pile of ideas in dire need of dramatization.
Tom Long
Egoyan is nothing if not low key; and as dramatic as passages are here, he keeps the tone under control and the story believable.
Calvin Wilson
Bostick turns in a quietly mesmerizing performance, capturing Simon's sense of loss without slipping into pathos.
Tom Keogh
In Atom Egoyan's disconcerting and unpredictable Adoration, a young man's attempt to make sense of himself and his family's history turns strange when his re-imagined version of that history...
Dan Zak
Adoration is a delicate rumination on how innocence and truth evolve in the aftermath of catastrophe, as people stake emotional ownership in tragedy.
Cast and credits
Actors | Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman, Arsinee Khanjian |
Producers | Atom Egoyan, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl |
Director | Atom Egoyan |
Writers | Atom Egoyan |
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Run time
101 minutes
Rating
R
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