Keeping Up With The Steins (2006)

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Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 12, 2006
Running Time: 84 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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Like the young Indian braves of long ago, Benjamin Fiedler is about to undergo an initiation rite that will take him from boy to man. But rather than face the perils of the hunt, he must endure something far worse--a Bar Mitzvah in Brentwood, California. It's not enough that Benjamin must stand in front of a Temple full of strangers chanting Hebrew, a language he doesn't understand. He must also cope with the efforts of his parents, Adam and Joanne, to splurge on a party-to-end-all-parties, a mega-bash where the Bar is more important that the Mitzvah and a Jewish Star means Neil Diamond. Above all, the Fiedlers must surpass the "Titanic"-themed Bar Mitzvah given by Adam's rival agent, Annie Stein. With his circus-sized celebration, Annie has thrown down the gauntlet. For the highly competitive Adam, the war is on. But when Adam's father Irwin, now a gray-haired hippie, and his spacey younger girlfriend arrive in their broken down camper, the Fiedler's plans are thrown into disarray. Every family has their own dysfunction and neuroses and the Fiedlers are certainly no exception. Despite this, they ultimately realize that family is the most precious bond that can't be broken--but it can be bent out of shape at times.
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Benjamin Fielder
Adam Fielder
Irwin Fielder
Joanne Fielder
Rose Fielder
Sandy/Sacred Feather
Casey Nudelman
Rabbi Schulberg
Arnie Stein
Raylene Stein
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Keeping Up with the Steins successfully injects a Jewish twist into an otherwise textbook family-film premise: If life gives you stale matzo, you make matzo balls. But it also adds up to a little more schmaltz.

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In Brentwood, California, the bar mitzvahs never stop, and each one must outdo its predecessor in terms of extravagance. After the Stein affair, which included a big-budget Titanic theme, the Fiedlers scramble to make Benjamin (Daryl Sabara)'s even better. Tentatively scheduled is a… Continued