Adam Resurrected 2008

Critics score:
35 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Savage gallows humor might have substituted for pathos. But Adam Resurrected feels so detached that there is not a laugh, nor even a wicked smirk of nihilistic glee, to be gleaned. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Even when it flies off the rails deep into its third act, Resurrected remains strangely hypnotic. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: In a less competitive year, Jeff Goldblum would have had a shot at an Oscar nod. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The director, Paul Schrader, tries for cleansing audacity, but ends up too close to farce. Read more

Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: This is the rare film that is memorable, affecting, and bad. Read more

F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly: One cannot recommend this film strongly enough. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A semi-unbearable attempt at profundity set in a mental institution 15 years after WWII. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I can tentatively recommend it if only because there has never been anything like it in the history of cinema as far as I can remember. Read more

Mark Holcomb, Time Out: Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Read more