Review of Everything Is Illuminated. Enjoy the little things.

Everything Is Illuminated is the true story adapted from the book by the same name. This was Liev Schriber's first time writing and directing a film and he totally knocks it out of the park. He provides a subtle, funny, deep, and moving experience that'll be much much more rewarding than watching the X-Men films, which he stared in as the villain Sabertooth. The acting here is actually provided by Elijah Wood and Eugune Hutz, who together show a lot of chemistry considering one is an American Jew and the other is a Ukrainian. The story is this. Elijah Wood is a collector of artifacts from his past and heritage. After finding many things, he decides to go to Ukraine to find the person who saved his grandfather from death during World War II. Eugene Hutz and his film grandfather provide most of the comedy here, since Elijah is a quiet fellow and looks around curiously. The grandfather and grandson argue in a foreign language and then the grandson would interpret it as something totally different. That also brings me to my next point, enjoy the little things. Almost all of the comedy is subtle so don't expect any shtick from a certain character. The music is fantastic counterpart to this film ranging from traditional Jewish tunes to Ukrainian Hip-Hop.The Verdict:Everything Is Illuminated is great but deep. Very, very hard to understand so you have three options; You could watch the film and figure it out, you could watch the film and not analyze it and just enjoy it for what you think it is, or finally, you could just not watch it. I suggest you pick one of the first two options because even if you don't understand it, you should still find something good to come out of it.I give it five really big glasses that look cool out of five. 5/5.