The Pickle Recipe

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The Pickle Recipe

PG-13

2016

1h 37m

Comedy

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Joey Miller is the king of Detroit party emcees, a single father, and drowning in debt. During one of his latest gigs, a freak accident destroys all his prized sound equipment. With his daughter Julie's bat mitzvah only four weeks away, he is willing to do almost anything to replace it. As a last resort, he turns to his shady Uncle Morty, who agrees to give him the needed 20 grand but under one condition: Joey must steal his grandmother Rose's top-secret kosher dill pickle recipe.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Look, you can see where all this is going in the first 15 minutes, but getting there is plenty of fun.

Rated: B

Nov 4, 2016

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

The pickles in "The Pickle Recipe" apparently have quite a kick. The movie, though, is pretty flavorless.

Nov 3, 2016

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

Rose's pickles might have a pleasant snap, but there's none to be found in the tired, limp shtick in Sheldon Cohn and Gary Wolfson's screenplay, which has been choreographed at a lumbering, drawn-out pace by director Michael Manasseri.

Nov 3, 2016

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Tom Santilli

AXS.com

Rated: B+

Nov 30, 2018

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Sean Mulvihill

FanboyNation.com

The Pickle Recipe disappoints because it wants to have it both ways - acerbic and sweet in equal doses.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 1, 2018

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Michael Heaton

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Unfortunately, the result is by turns too cutesy, corny and predictable to be much of a crowd-pleaser the way My Big Fat Greek Wedding was.

Rated: C+

Apr 21, 2017

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pete w

I'm embarrassed to say I watched one full hour of this dreck before giving up. Couldn't even stick around long enough to get the recipe!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

One star because I can’t give zero.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/22/19

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Audience Member

The plot is amusing but the acting is flat.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Fun heart warming film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Great story, but the movie was ok

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Heartwarming and funny, this film is highly entertaining and well-acted. The direction and cinematography are spot on, and it is easy to see that the writers and actors enjoyed making this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

Joey Miller is the king of Detroit party emcees, a single father, and drowning in debt. During one of his latest gigs, a freak accident destroys all his prized sound equipment. With his daughter Julie's bat mitzvah only four weeks away, he is willing to do almost anything to replace it. As a last resort, he turns to his shady Uncle Morty, who agrees to give him the needed 20 grand but under one condition: Joey must steal his grandmother Rose's top-secret kosher dill pickle recipe.

Director: Michael Manasseri
Producer: Sheldon Cohn, Gary Wolfson, Michael Manasseri, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel
Screenwriter: Sheldon Cohn, Gary Wolfson
Distributor: Adopt Films
Production Co: Storyboard Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Suggestive Humor|Drug References)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 5, 2018
Runtime: 1h 37m

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