Atom Egoyan's "Adoration", following in his tradition as of late of religion and culture, stars Devon Bostick as Simon, a student who tells his classmates that his father was a terroristic bomber and that the only reason he's still alive is the bag with the bomb was confiscated by customers officers (which seems to be another theme in Egoyan films). A teacher (Egoyan's wife Arsinee Khanjian)questions the validity of his arguments.
Egoyan is one of my favorite filmmakers, but his recent films have been disappointing in comparison to his earlier gems "The Adjuster, "Exotica", and "The Sweet Hereafter". Like "Ararat" he seems to be more interested in making cultural and religious statement than tell good stories. Another weakness of the film is he doesn't have his usual stable of actors, with the exception of Khanjian and Maury Chaykin in an unbilled cameo.
This is my fifth from Egoyan and my least favorite at this point. I'm very skeptical about his recent films due to my underwhelming responses to this and "Ararat", but he will still remain a great filmmaker to me.
Egoyan is one of my favorite filmmakers, but his recent films have been disappointing in comparison to his earlier gems "The Adjuster, "Exotica", and "The Sweet Hereafter". Like "Ararat" he seems to be more interested in making cultural and religious statement than tell good stories. Another weakness of the film is he doesn't have his usual stable of actors, with the exception of Khanjian and Maury Chaykin in an unbilled cameo.
This is my fifth from Egoyan and my least favorite at this point. I'm very skeptical about his recent films due to my underwhelming responses to this and "Ararat", but he will still remain a great filmmaker to me.