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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   790 votes
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Director:
Atom Egoyan
Writer:
Atom Egoyan (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 April 2009 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy. | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(47 articles)
Exclusive Video: Watch the First 7 Minutes of Adoration!
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Interview: In "Adoration" of Atom Egoyan
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Connecting the dots more (19 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Scott Speedman ... Tom
Rachel Blanchard ... Rachel
Kenneth Welsh ... Morris

Devon Bostick ... Simon

Aaron Poole
Dominic Cuzzocrea ... Cab Driver

Katie Boland ... Hannah
Noam Jenkins ... Sami

Arsinée Khanjian ... Sabine

Geraldine O'Rawe ... Carole

Duane Murray ... Parking Security

Hailee Sisera ... Jennifer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maury Chaykin

Soo Garay ... Anna / daughter
Ieva Lucs ... Irate Woman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
USA:100 min | France:100 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company:
Ego Film Arts more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene at the end of the film at his grandfather's empty lake house, Simon first unloaded the wooden Christmas figures from his duffel bag onto a pile of firewood on the dock. He then went into his grandfather's workshop and sawed the scroll off of his mother's violin. With his phone, he took a picture of the severed scroll in his hand with the dock in the background, but the dock was empty. more

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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Connecting the dots, 18 May 2009
7/10
Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

When I saw The Sweet Hereafter years ago, I thought Atom Egoyan was one of the greatest directors alive, and the subsequent films haven't really shaken that belief. If Adoration is not up to the standard of his best work, it is still well worth seeing. The story is one of terrible loss and forgiveness, and the acting is superb. We are connecting the dots--from racist grandfather to despairing mother to an orphan teenager (played by the excellent Devon Bostick) with big issues around truth and responsibility. The boy's uncle has a lot of issues himself; we can see that being a tow-truck driver is gnawing at his soul (made me think of Repo Man). Scott Speedman as the uncle is really good, he's hiding behind a beard, giving curt responses to Arsinée Khanjian's questions.

A problem: lots of use of internet chat rooms to flesh out the story; disembodied, undramatic characters for Simon to interact with (watch for the great Maury Chaykin to heat things up somewhat). Technology is not a launching pad for art, it's just information retrieval or anger management.

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