- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 106 min
- Genre: Drama, War
- Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Vasile Albinet, Idan Alterman ... see all
- Director: Paul Schrader
- Plot: "Adam Resurrected" follows the story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by... Read more
User Reviews
TIFF 08: Everyone likes the circus
Adam Resurrected
Sep 15, 2008
babubhaut - imdb.com
Sep 15, 2008babubhaut - imdb.com
It all begins rather straight-forwardly. Stein was a clown and stage performer in Berlin, a man without politics, working with his wife and children to bring joy to those who attended his shows. Through flashbacks we see how his audience slowly... Full review
This man deserves an oscar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 10, 2008
shair06 - yahoo.com
Sep 10, 2008shair06 - yahoo.com
Living in Palm Beach..well, the stories are endless. This one is incredible and hits directly to the brain. magnificant! Jeff really,truly deserves an oscar. He is talented and I am surprised that he isn't in many movies. I have always loved... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 04, 2009DVD Town
The problem with "Adam Resurrected" is....s past that is provoked unexpectedly, and generates a bizarre story loaded with okay performances and adequate filmmaking.....t a bad film, but it is too scattered to hammer home any particular message or meaning..... ... Full Review
| Dec 22, 2008Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
Even though I did not read the novel, after watching "Adam Resurrected", I have little doubt that it is a story of enormous heft.
This is the problem with ambitious moviemaking.
Goldblum does a phenomenal job as Adam.
... Full Review
| Dec 17, 2008Los Angeles Weekly
One cannot recommend this film strongly enough.....overtakes Adam whenever his manic humor fails him.....Goldblum is ideally, even blazingly suited to such a role -....the mystery of how good men fail, and condemn themselves..... ... Full Review
| Dec 16, 2008Monsters and Critics
A very good film....like the plot or not....Adam Resurrected" is a very good film....the best acting performances....If casting Goldblum is a work of genius, placing Willem Dafoe as Nazi Commandant Klein approaches the spiritual..... ... Full Review
| Dec 16, 2008Monsters and Critics
A very good film for very mature audiences.....Adam Resurrected" is a very good film but a very hard film to watch.....But whether you like the plot or not, Goldblum pulls off the character with one of the best acting performances of the year.....If casting Goldblum is a work of genius, placing Willem Dafoe as Nazi Commandant Klein approaches the spiritual..... ... Full Review
News
Jeff Goldblum got the script for "Adam Resurrected" a year before the filming of the movie began so that he could find time to research the role. ... Full Article
According to the German Film Law (FFG) cinema owners are required to pay a levy of between 1.8% and 3% of the annual gross turnover made on each cinema screen so long as the lower threshold of $95,175 (Euros 75,000)... ... Full Article
Berlin's legacy overshadows film festival
sfgate.com –
2009-02-20
Mick LaSalle was invited by the Berlin Film Festival to be a panelist at this year's Talent Campus. He was also on the jury for the Cinema for Peace Award at the Berlin Film Festival. ... Full Article

Jeff Goldblum on 'Adam Resurrected'
Jeff Goldblum-Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected trailer 2008 HD
Adam Resurrected Trailer

