Holy Rollers

R

Released May 21, 2010

1 hr. 29 min.

Crime

Drama

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52%

90 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

2,500+ Ratings

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A Jewish youth (Jesse Eisenberg) risks being ostracized from his religious community when he becomes a drug mule for his best friend's older brother.

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Critics Consensus

Despite a promising premise and a solid central performance from Jesse Eisenberg, Holy Rollers lacks the depth necessary to overcome its cliched script.

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Audience Member

Very surprised by all the horrible reviews this film has received. It's based on a true story it doesn't have to have a happy ending or comedic relief to be considered a great film and it is.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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kevin w

Feeling left in the slow lane of life, New York Orthodox Jews try drug running for awhile, trading on their outsider status. Families disapprove, but they do improve the drug-running game, because they're good with money ... ! Oy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Enjoyable, but predictable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

The movie is based on a true story in the late 1990s when Hasidic Jews were recruited to smuggle ecstasy from Europe to the US. I felt the movie could have been better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Soft spot for true stories of this nature. Jesse Eisenberg does awkward again.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Jewish guy imports some ecstasy pills...thats it really. Grab it at a charity shop near you soon. If in the charity shop its 99p, haggle them down to 49p.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Kevin Asch

Director

Jesse Eisenberg

Sam Gold

Justin Bartha

Yosef Zimmerman

Ari Graynor

Rachel Apfel

Danny A. Abeckaser

Jackie Solomon

Mark Ivanir

Mendel Gold

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

We expect more than we eventually get, even if what we get is watchable throughout.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 8, 2011

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Rated: 2/5

Jul 8, 2011

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

[A] breathless, enjoyable comedy-thriller based on the true story of how Hassidic Jews were recruited as mules in the late 1990s to smuggle ecstasy pills from Amsterdam into New York.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 7, 2011

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Jane Crowther

Total Film

We have seen this all before; from Jesse Eisenberg's trademark jitters and speedy speech to the inevitable tragic story arc and the morphing of smalltime dabbler to swaggering kingpin, undone by over-confidence. Oy vey.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 23, 2018

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Laura Hiros

Rincón de cine

An arrhythmic but very interesting film... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Mar 20, 2018

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Lindy West

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Holy Rollers' innocence-lost, you-can't-go-home-again arc is something of a clich, but the film remains refreshingly nonjudgmental about its hero's burgeoning criminal career.

Jan 12, 2018

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Synopsis

A Jewish youth (Jesse Eisenberg) risks being ostracized from his religious community when he becomes a drug mule for his best friend's older brother.

Director: Kevin Asch
Executive Producer: Kevin Asch, Marat Rosenberg, Isaac Gindi, Dave Berlin
Screenwriter: Antonio Macia
Distributor: First Independent Pictures
Production Co: Deerjen Films, Lookbook Films, Safehouse Pictures
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Content|Brief Sexual Material)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 21, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $302.9K

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