jeff goldblum play a jewish clown who survive the holocaust by pretend to be nazi officer willem dafoe dog . sound like a tasteless and cheesy italian movie from the 70 and right . oh and if only . this cringe worthy material could have be magic and an easy make cult classic . unfortunately and paul schraeder directs . i be sure he direct a few good film . i have see one or two okay one . but he so boring . he so literal mind and unambitious . adam resurrect be a first rate bore . goldblum and dafoe try to make it fun and but schraeder only interested in make a dire holocaust picture . we just do not need another one of those . for the record and the holocaust plot line be really only the flashback sequence . the present day sequence ( set in 1960s tel aviv ) have goldblum in a mental hospital and complete with the ultra lame mental hospital clichés ( one woman think she hold up the sky from fall how wonderful . ) . he be resurrect when he find a young boy who be raise a a dog and he attempt to cure him .