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Keeping Up with the Steins
2006
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Positive Reviews
14
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
2.8
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2.0
Keeping Up With the Steins isnt a bad film it just devolves into the limp sort of schmaltzy conclusion you keep hoping it will avoid.
Austin Chronicle
3.8
But it is always about something, and if a bar mitzvah marks a boys entry into manhood, Benjamins shows him becoming his own man.I was grateful to Jer ..
Rogerebert
3.1
Keeping Up with the Steins blends humor with heart for a satisfying, if predictable, experience.
Usa Today
3.5
It is a heartwarming, pleasant little comedy with some good performances.
Lariat
1.5
It gets no funnier than that.This film couldnt be more meshugga if it tried.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Mark Zakarins script is pretty outlandish itself at times, director Scott Marshalls approach is slapdash and unfocused, and the movie seems like it sh ..
News Review
2.0
Sabara makes for a decently appealing protagonist despite not being as charming or cute as Fred Savage was back on TVs The Wonder Years and not gettin ..
Screen It
3.5
In Tinseltown its not the bar mitzvah that counts; its the party afterward.
Cs Monitor
3.1
FreedomWorks is expanding from a 15 bed building it recently sold in north Minneapolis to a remodeled nursing home campus that could one day serve as ..
Star Tribune
2.2
The movie opens with a bar mitzvah thats spectacular in its posh vulgarity.
Ew
3.8
But the tribute to an aging parent is moving and gives this routine comedy an extra something.
Sf Gate
1.5
Aside from that great blast of bliss at the end, the movie is thinner than the paper on the wall.
Washington Post
3.0
In Brentwood California the bar mitzvahs never stop and each one must outdo its predecessor in terms of extravagance.
Hollywood
0.5
Keeping Up With the Steins is a situation comedy that ploddingly plumbs the depths of meaning behind bar mitzvah.We almost believe that the filmmakers ..
Seattle Pi
3.1
Trapped within the confines of a predictable, exceedingly routine storyline, Piven periodically injects the film with much appreciated bursts of spont ..
Reel Film
2.5
Had Scott Marshall and screenwriter Mark Zakarin honed their knives sharper, they could have made genuine mirth out of this.
The Star
2.5
Its as if the filmmakers were afraid to offend anyone by making too much fun of Jewish culture and wanted to make something safe and cuddly instead.
Deseret News
3.5
The jokey tone is well maintained, and the serious stuff that the subject touches on is all handled with a brief but earnest touch.
Urban Cine File
2.5
Scene stealing by Gary Marshall and Jeremy Piven does little to salvage a weak, corny satire of the bar mitzvah ritual.
ComingSoon
3.8
Director Scott Marshalls feature debut isnt quite one for the ages its small and flawed but it is a charmer, and it carries its worthwhile message to ..
Chron
3.8
Keeping Up With the Steins may not be easy, but it looks like fun.
Denver Post
3.1
If you havent checked this out because you thought it was a cheap Game of Thrones knockoff, then yo (more) If you havent checked this out because you ..
Online Tv Guide
2.8
This is a good insight into the Jewish mind, whatever the heck that is.
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