'Outrage' an angry, blistering expose'

'Outrage'

Kirby Dick ("This Movie is Not Yet Rated") goes on a rampage against hypocrisy in this blistering expose' of closeted politicians who hide their homosexuality behind voting records that target gays for second-class citizenship. Dick points the gay stick at several high-profile politicians. An angry piece of journalism reeking with indignation, although Dick's charge of a mainstream media conspiracy doesn't hold up. Not rated. 90 minutes. Rating: 3½ stars

At the Music Box in Chicago.

'Adoration'

Atom Egoyan serves up a heavy-handed dose of intellectually stimulating ideas in a drama that succumbs to theatrically stilted scenes and soap operatic excess. A student (Devon Bostick) sets off a bombshell when he agrees to pass off as truth a fictional account of how his Middle-Eastern father planted a bomb on his pregnant wife before boarding a jet. Egoyan's fascination with truth, communication and technology come through. The drama part doesn't. Rated R for language. 101 minutes. Rating: 2 stars

At the Pipers Alley, Chicago.

'Summer Hours'

Olivier Assayas' impeccably measured domestic drama is a loving, bittersweet poem to growing up, growing old, and being replaced by the next generation. Three siblings (Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling and Jeremie Renier) come to terms with differing life goals after their mother's death and differing opinions about what to do with her 19th-century art collection. Not rated. 102 minutes.Rating: 3 stars

At the Renaissance Place in Highland Park and Century Centre in Chicago.