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Title: A Stranger Among Us (1992)
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| Melanie Griffith | ... | Emily Eden | |
| Eric Thal | ... | Ariel | |
| John Pankow | ... | Levine | |
| Tracy Pollan | ... | Mara | |
| Lee Richardson | ... | Rebbe | |
| Mia Sara | ... | Leah | |
| Jamey Sheridan | ... | Nick | |
| Jake Weber | ... | Yaakov | |
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Ro'ee Levi | ... | Mendel |
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David Rosenbaum | ... | Mr. Klausman |
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Ruth Vool | ... | Mrs. Klausman |
| David Margulies | ... | Lt. Oliver | |
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Edward Rogers III | ... | Detective Tedford (as Ed Rogers III) |
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Maurice Schell | ... | Detective Marden |
| James Gandolfini | ... | Tony Baldessari | |
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Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in! Written by Anonymous
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In a dangerous world of mystery and intrigue, she's going undercover searching for the truth. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
17 July 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Close to Eden See more »Filming Locations:
Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA See more »Edit
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$18,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$12,282,994Company Credits
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Emily Eden: Sex is nice... How would you know?
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At the Sabbath meal the assembled group dances to a "niggun" (wordless melody) that is traditional among Lubavitch Chassidim. It is usually sung as a preparation to one of the Rebbe's discourses being repeated from memory, though; not as a slow circle-dance. See more »Goofs
The shot of the newsstand shows the Israeli newspaper "Ma'ariv". The movie takes place in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, home mainly to Chassidim of the Satmar dynasty who have been extremely anti-Zionist since the mid 20th century and probably not customers of "Zionist entity" publications. Also, the English-Jewish paper "The Jewish Press" is on display. Since Yiddish is the first language of most Williamsburg chassidim the main papers on display should be in the Yiddish language; Der Yid and/or Der Blatt are the preferred reads. See more »Quotes
Ariel: I got a hot flash for you. Sex is nice.Emily Eden: Sex is nice... How would you know?
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I'd say this movie was a showcase of ham, but then, I respect Jews. (And no, I'm not Jewish).
First off, Melanie Griffith as a hard-boiled cop is like casting Prissy from "Gone With The Wind" as Dirty Harry. Her "bad-ass mama justice" remarks come off about as well as they would if they were cooed by Linda Lovelace in the script of a porn movie. Seeing her simper and flirt and do all that coy crap around the young Talmudic scholar also disgusted me. I mean, the woman was assigned to investigate a disappearance in the Hasidic community and she shows up in a mini-skirt and says "s**t" in front of the rebbe within the first five minutes of the interview. Was she nodding off during all those diversity training seminars and community relations lectures at the police academy or what? Even if she was, wouldn't you expect someone who grew up in New York to have at least *some* familiarity with Judaism?
She treats every one of the Hasidim with arrogant condescension, in the type of "rude asshole" role that makes a viewer's teeth ache, yet we're supposed to somehow care whether, by the end of the movie, she's managed to understand and perhaps even respect them somewhat. And most of her "respect" is an outgrowth of her having the hots for Rebbe, Jr. Between insulting both Hasidic spirituality and the ability of a woman to perform as a professional without falling for some guy -- I mean, does our "heroine" do this on EVERY assignment or something? -- this movie is a busy two hours. Too bad it wasn't a better spent two hours for me. Thumbs DOWN.