Freeze Frame: A Snapshot Look at December Movies
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Adam Resurrected
Genre: Period, War, Drama
Release Date: December 12
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi
Scoop: Berlin magician and circus impresario Adam Stein (Goldblum) is an enthralling, enigmatic patient at a remote Israeli rehabilitation outpost for Holocaust survivors. Clairvoyant, the sophisticated lothario, Stein veers from brilliance to eroticism, flashing back to the horrific demoralization he endured under Commandant Klein (Dafoe) at the death camp; but an unusual new patient has magnetic power to break Stein free of his relentless torment.
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, We Say: Now you see it, now you don't. Even as little kids we know there's a very 'dark' side to circus magic. Might as well bring it to the stage and be open about the undercurrent of evil, as it relates to messy modern times.
Snapshot Prediction: 3.5 out of 5 flashes
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