Keeping Up With The Steins (2006)
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37% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
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The competition heats up as a young man on the cusp of adulthood in Brentwood, CA, prepares for his upcoming bar mitzvah, and his father strives to outdo the gargantuan coming-of-age bash recently thrown by his number-one nemesis, in a madcap tale of Hebrew rivalry from actor-turned-director Scott… More The competition heats up as a young man on the cusp of adulthood in Brentwood, CA, prepares for his upcoming bar mitzvah, and his father strives to outdo the gargantuan coming-of-age bash recently thrown by his number-one nemesis, in a madcap tale of Hebrew rivalry from actor-turned-director Scott Marshall. Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) is about to become a man, though the prospect of reciting a language he doesn't even really know in front of a temple full of strangers is so daunting that it makes him wish he could just stay a boy and write the whole thing off. As if his personal peccadilloes weren't enough to rack Benjamin's nerves, his father, Adam (Jeremy Piven), and mother, Joanne (Jami Gertz), are determined to send Benjamin into the adult world in true style. Recently, Adam's rival agent, Arnie Stein (Larry Miller), threw down the gauntlet for his own son's bar mitzvah by hosting a no-holds-barred bash that made New Year's Eve in Times Square look like cake-and-coffee day at the retirement community, and ultra-competitive Adam is determined to prove that he can top that now-legendary party. When Adam's aging, hippy-dippy father, Irwin (Garry Marshall), rolls into town in a broken-down RV with his dizzy young girlfriend, Sandy (Daryl Hannah), however, it appears as if all of his plans to out-class Arnie Stein may have been for naught. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Scott Marshall
- Written By
- Mark Zakarin
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- May 12, 2006 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax Films
Critic Reviews
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Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
It's not meant to be uproarious. But even as comfort food, Steins can't keep up.
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Michael Booth, Denver Post
By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs, we've grown to like them.
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Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
A winningly sincere and warmly humorous film about an ancient Jewish milestone in the time of Martha Stewart.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's not the kind of comedy that makes you laugh till your face hurts, but it'll give your smile muscles a good workout.
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Cast
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Jeremy Piven
as Adam
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Jami Gertz
as Joanne
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Garry Marshall
as Irwin
- Daryl Hannah
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Daryl Sabara
as Ben
- Doris Roberts
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Larry Miller
as Arnie Stein
- Cheryl Hines
- Richard Benjamin
