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
Movie Reviews of Keeping Up With the Steins
Movie Review: You're a boy...you're a man...its all so confusing
Summary: 5 Stars
As a fan of the spy kids movies because of Daryl Sabara's dead on performance as a fun loving boy who just happened to also be a spy, I felt I owed it to Daryl to see Keeping up With the Steins. This movie went so far beyond my expectations it was unbelievable. It oozed of indie doings rather than the ridiculously adolescent Hollywood humor and is by far the best coming of age comedy drama since Saint Ralph. Daryl is perfect as a boy on the road to confusing times of bar mitzvahs and expected manhood at 13 when he hasn't even reached his own self imposed milestone of being 5 feet tall by the time of the opening phrase of the bar mitzvah ceremony is uttered by the rabbi. He finds that maturity has a whole lot more to do with accepting life's unimportant and insignificant limitations than trying to rebel against them. He also learns that the most important thing is family and not trying to artificially be any better than what you really are. The rest of the cast is exceptional, in particular Jeremy Piven as the 'best bar mitzvah at any cost' dad, Garry marshall as the wisecracking hippie grandpa and Larry Miller as the 'Stein' to keep up with. The laughs are unstoppable and the story is a wonder to watch unfold.My only wish is that there were more for Doris Roberts to do in the movie. Other than that, its a perfect coming of age drama that is worthy of a watch...or two...or three...
Summary 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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