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Credited cast: | |||
Seymour Cassel | ... | Abe Goldman | |
Robyn Cohen | ... | Sarah Goldman | |
Greg Cromer | ... | Chris Kringle | |
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Tony Daly | ... | Bob Schroeder |
Tom Drury | ... | Rabbi | |
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Tom Drury | ... | Rabbi |
Willie Garson | ... | Joel Goldman | |
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Kayla Horton | ... | Kindergarten Child |
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Sheila Hunter | ... | Yiddish Temple Singer |
Jeff Johnson | ... | Bob's Friend on Phone | |
Lainie Kazan | ... | Miriam Goldman | |
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Ashlee LaPine | ... | Ice Cream Shop Waitress |
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Laurence Loeb | ... | Cantor |
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Rosalie Richards | ... | Family Friend at Bar Mitzvah |
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Stacy Schultz | ... | Sarah's Kindergarten Class Aide |
When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". The masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed. Written by Prostorm Pictures
If you like MOONSTRUCK, MY BIG FAT Greek WEDDING, or romantic comedies in general, you'll love BEAU JEST. First time film director James Sherman has done a terrific job adapting his hit play to the screen. Although the story concerns a Jewish family, its theme is universal: the need for adult children to be true to their own feelings and goals vs. their desire to please their parents. At the screening I caught the audience laughed almost constantly at Sherman's razor sharp dialog because it is rooted in truth and character. Sherman never resorts to the easy bodily functions and gross out jokes that make so many other films cheap and predictable. His sparkling cast includes Lainie Kazan, Seymour Cassel, and Willie Garson (of SEX AND THE CITY), who, as Sara's psychotherapist brother, gets one of the biggest belly laughs in the film when he reveals what he tells his patients who blame all their problems on their parents. Robyn Cohen, as Sara, and Tony Daley, as Bob, have wonderful chemistry. Put this one on your "must see" list.