Keeping Up With the Steins
by Scott Marshall
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Actor: Cheryl Hines, Daryl Sabara, Garry Marshall, Jami Gertz, Jeremy PivenDirector: Scott Marshall
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Producer: A.D. Oppenheim
Producer: Daniel L. Oppenheim
Producer: David Scharf
Producer: Kenneth Burke
Producer: Mark Zakarin
Writer: Mark Zakarin
Producer: Rochelle Shapell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Hebrew (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
DVD Reviews of Keeping Up With the Steins
DVD Review: "Shamu is Jewish?"
Summary: 4 Stars
"Keeping Up With the Steins" is an amiable and very funny film comedy, which will bring back memories for anyone, who has gone through the Bar Mitzvah experience. For anyone who dosn't know, this is a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony in which a 13 year old, Jewish male, publicly reads from the Torah and is initiated into the religious community as an adult.It is traditional, that a "feast" or party usually follows in celebration of this accomplishment.
The movie is a very funny look at a dysfunctional Jewish family and one Bar Mitzvah boy's search for the true meaning of the ceremony, that he's about to partake in. In the film teenager, Ben Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) and his family attend the ridiculously ostentatious, "Titanic" movie themed, Bar Mitzvah party ("I'm king of the Haftorah!!") put on by the Steins. In a fit of envy Ben's father, Adam Fiedler (Jeremy Piven) a wealthy, Hollywood agent, starts making plans to rent out Dodger Stadium and hiring Neil Diamond to sing. All this attention, planning and fuss seems to make young Ben squirm with embarassment. He dosn't seem to really understand any of this. In hopes of stopping (or at least slowing down) his father's crazy plans, Ben secretely invites his Grandfather Irving (Garry Marshall), who has for years been estranged from the family. Irving, an eccentric character, shows up on the family doorstep (with a hippie girlfriend in tow) and starts to work his way into the family's life. More importantly he forms a bond with Ben and starts to nudge the young man into the direction of becoming his own man and finding out the true meaning of becoming Bar Mitzvah.
Director, Scott Marshall has created a really hilarious and sweet movie. This film could have very easily degenerated into nothing but stereotypes and gross caricatures. Instead Mark Zakirin's script presents a very funny, but touching look at a family, that has its problems. The parents really do care about their kid. The kid really is trying to understand, what all the fuss is about. This is a step above the usual dreck, when Hollywood tries to make film comedies about families.
The cast to this film is all around great. Daryl Sabara does an good job of protraying the befuddled feelings of a normal thirteen year old. Likewise, Jeremy Piven is over the top and great as the Hollywood agent/father. This isn't much of a stretch for him, since he's basically playing a sweetened version of his hilarious agent character, Ari Gold (found on the HBO series "Entourage"). Gary Marshall as the grandfather is basically doing the same shtick (yelling, screaming, sarcasm) he does in all his acting roles. Normally I'm not a big fan of his, but in this case, the character and his mannerisms actually work well. Finally kudos should go to Jamie Gertz as the understanding mom, Doris Roberts (of "Everyone Loves Raymond" fame) as the grandma and Daryl Hannah in an interesting turn as Grandpa Irving's hippie girlfriend. A wonderful cast and an smart, funny script make this an excellent movie! Highly recommended!
Description of Keeping Up With the Steins
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations collide in a crazy family reunion . . . and then begin to see that they are much more alike than they'd originally thought! Providing nonstop laughs In the tradition of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS stars Jeremy Piven (TV?s ENTOURAGE), Jami Gertz (ALLY MCBEAL), Daryl Hannah (KILL BILL) and Garry Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN). Also starring Doris Roberts (TV's EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND), Cheryl Hines (TV's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), and Larry Miller (THE PRINCESS DIARIES).While it barely registered a blip on the box-office radar, Keeping Up with the Steins is the kind of good-natured, above-average comedy that's guaranteed to thrive on DVD. It's the bloated economics of Hollywood (and the constant pressure of box-office performance) that forced this movie into undeserved obscurity; now viewers have a second chance to discover the heartfelt dilemma of Adam Fiedler (Jeremy Piven), a Hollywood agent who wants nothing more than to give his son Ben (Daryl Sabara, from the Spy Kids movies) the lavish bar mitzvah he rightly deserves. Trouble is, Adam's archrival and former business partner Arnie Stein (Larry Miller) has already thrown a spectacular bar mitzvah for his own son, and Adam's now feeling intense pressure (from only himself, of course) to keep up with the Steins. As Adam plans an epic scale bar mitzvah to end all bar mitzvahs, director Scott Marshall (nephew of Penny) makes good use of his comedic pedigree, casting his own father (veteran comedy director Garry Mashall) as Adam's estranged father Irwin, who's been living on an Indian reservation with his younger girlfriend Sacred Feather (Daryl Hannah, nicely cast). The younger Marshall also indulges plenty of one-liners and sight gags (not to mention the questionable inclusion of his father's bare backside), but with a likeable supporting cast including Jami Gertz and Doris Roberts, Keeping Up with the Steins stays warmly true to its family values, minus the ostentation that Adam originally thought was important. As comedies go it's hardly original, but it's a welcomed alternative to the frat-boy crudeness we've come to expect from Hollywood.--Jeff Shannon
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