Adoration

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Adoration

R,

2009,

1h 40m,

Drama

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64%

99 Reviews

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49%

1,000+ Ratings

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64%

Tomatometer

99 Reviews

49%

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1,000+ Ratings

A straightforward translation assignment in a high school French class leads to unexpected drama for Simon (Devon Bostick), an imaginative Canadian student, and his teacher, Sabine (Arsinée Khanjian). The son of a Palestinian father, Simon takes an article about a terrorist plot and weaves it into his own tragic family history. Encouraged by Sabine, Simon passes the tale off as a true story -- but the ramifications of this action, which end up online, deliver surprising results.

Critics Consensus

A complex and thought-provoking work, Atom Egoyan's Adoration works well as both mystery and engaging drama.

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Alan Morrison

Empire Magazine

Feb 2, 2010

2/5

Without the constrictions of an adapted text, Egoyan's creativity turns towards intellectual exercise.

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Feb 2, 2010

3/5

Unfortunately the elaborately unspooled plot delivering these ideas in dramatic form is so scraggy and effortful it defeats the cast and rather compromises our involvement.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Feb 2, 2010

2/5

The most positive thing you can say about Atom Egoyan's latest film is that it is well-intentioned. But the most honest thing that you can say is that it's a painfully misguided and pretentious folly.

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Jun 18, 2020

This is a real treat for fans of early Egoyan films like Next of Kin or Speaking Parts.

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Times

Dec 6, 2018

4/5

Adoration is a triumph, a provocative work about terror in the world and in people's hearts.

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Brigit Grant

Daily Express (UK)

Aug 23, 2017

4/5

Clearly fascinated by the power of new technology and the fact that anyone is able to broadcast their thoughts, Egoyan has made an engrossing movie with an intriguing, original plot.

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Leia W

Mar 3, 2017

Had the look & feel of one of those cheesy-made-for-TV Lifetime movies. Even with the fairly controversial, heavy themes this movie explores I found it pretty insipid.

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Draco L

May 8, 2009

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, this thematically rich, dense, and complex film about ethnicity, communication, technology and the fine line between fact and fiction often times comes across as an academic exercise rather than a fully organic and plausible narrative.

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Synopsis

A straightforward translation assignment in a high school French class leads to unexpected drama for Simon (Devon Bostick), an imaginative Canadian student, and his teacher, Sabine (Arsinée Khanjian). The son of a Palestinian father, Simon takes an article about a terrorist plot and weaves it into his own tragic family history. Encouraged by Sabine, Simon passes the tale off as a true story -- but the ramifications of this action, which end up online, deliver surprising results.

Director: Atom Egoyan
Producer: Atom Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Serendipity Point Films
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 8, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 27, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $293.6K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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