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Keeping Up With the Steins

Play trailer Poster for Keeping Up With the Steins PG-13 Released May 12, 2006 1h 30m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) has a lot to be nervous about; his bar mitzvah is fast approaching, and his parents (Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz) are caught up in plans to make his party even more lavish than the one the Steins threw for their son. Amid his family's debate over whether to invite an estranged grandfather (Garry Marshall), the youth solves the problem by arranging for Grandpa to arrive two weeks early.
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Keeping Up With the Steins is one of those comedies that play more like a corny sitcom than a theatrical movie.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Keeping Up With the Steins isn't a bad film -- it just devolves into the limp sort of schmaltzy conclusion you keep hoping it will avoid. Rated: 2/5 Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 9, 2006 Full Review Michael Booth Denver Post By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs, we've grown to like them. Rated: 3/4 Jun 9, 2006 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Surely this poorly scripted, badly directed picture is unappealing to any age group, gender, or ethnicity. Rated: 1/10 Nov 21, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's a feel good film. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 13, 2020 Full Review Brian Marder Hollywood.com Rated: 3/5 Nov 20, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It's kind of sad that most people would not appreciate this movie. Perfect funny, mindless, well produced, action comedy, for a Friday night on the couch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Awful, cheesy and unfunny. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I would compare this movie to garbage, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate...both are stinky and useless, but garbage has substance. "Keeping Up with the Steins", a completely unfunny comedy with a wasted cast of talented actors, is just...nothing. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a great coming of age movie that was funny, value oriented and even brought a tear to my eye. This was a fine piece of storytelling and a great find. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Frances H Cute, with a good lesson about family, plus, you can play spot the star cameos. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/10/15 Full Review Audience Member Talk about obscure. I saw this one sunday afternoon with about three other people in the theater with me. It's an interesting take on Judaism in America and the pomp and circumstance that comes with one's bar mitzvah. But it could've honestly been a lot better. It's about as cliched a movie as you could possibly get, right down to the obligatory musical guest appearance by Neil Diamond. In terms of an Ethnic comedy, It never comes close to the brilliance of "Moonstruck"... hell.. not even "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) has a lot to be nervous about; his bar mitzvah is fast approaching, and his parents (Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz) are caught up in plans to make his party even more lavish than the one the Steins threw for their son. Amid his family's debate over whether to invite an estranged grandfather (Garry Marshall), the youth solves the problem by arranging for Grandpa to arrive two weeks early.
Director
Scott Marshall
Producer
A.D. Oppenheim, Mark Zakarin, David Scharf
Screenwriter
Mark Zakarin
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Road Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Some Crude Language|Nudity|Brief Drug References)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 12, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.3M
Runtime
1h 30m
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