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Keeping Up With the Steins

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Keeping Up With the Steins

PG-13

Released May 12, 2006

1h 30m

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 9, 2006

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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.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 9, 2006

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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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's a feel good film.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 13, 2020

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Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2008

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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

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Audience Member

Awful, cheesy and unfunny.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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