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Young Adam Lipschitz
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Bruce Daniels
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| Brennan Bailey | ... |
Young Chris O'Connell
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| Wilmer Calderon | ... |
Juan
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| Joe Childs | ... |
Marvin Fleischman
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| Cheryl Daro | ... |
Soo Yun
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| Cheryl David | ... |
Joan
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| Neil Dickson | ... |
Claude
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Conor Dubin | ... |
Clayton O'Connell
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Michael
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Brian Fong | ... |
Jebel Nuyen
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| Rachel G. Fox | ... |
Jill Lipschitz
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| Joseph S. Griffo | ... |
Melvin Fleischman
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| Jennifer Love Hewitt | ... | ||
| Christine Lakin | ... |
Marge O'Connell
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Two childhood friends reunite as adults to help each other land the women of their dreams. Chris wants to marry Allison, a Jewish girl, so that he'll never have to make another decision for as long as he lives. Adam is on the verge of getting married to Hannah, a woman he is not content with. When Chris enlists Adam's help in pretending to be Jewish so that Allison will date him, cultures collide and chaos ensues! Written by Dennis
Self deprecating humor can be funny. Poking fun at your ethnicity's stereotypes can make you smile if done with affection and talent. I figured the large cast of well known actors meant this would be a good attempt at such screenplay. I guess I was expecting a Jewish "My big fat Greek wedding". Boy was I wrong.
What a stinker. Poorly written, poorly directed, over the top writing and, with a few exceptions, over the top acting make this little more than a string of Jewish (and Christian) family caricatures. It feels amateurish. To be clear, when I call this offensive, I'm not referring to the insulting ethnic stereotypes and jokes. I mean the movie was an offensive to me as the audience. Half way through all I could think of was "how did they get this many people to lend their reputations to this poorly written, over-acted, poorly cast, sophomoric attempt at humor?" Jack-ass and Bad Grandpa meets It's a mad mad mad mad world - with worse acting.
By the end it felt like I watched a "film" made by a bunch of drunk/stoned twenty- somethings with a camera who think themselves insanely funny and talented the louder and more obnoxious they act. Too bad I watched it sober.