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Keeping Up with the Steins

2006 · 90 min

A light, sitcom-like family comedy that coasts on likable characters and gently pokes fun at overblown celebrations.

Directed by
Scott Marshall
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Something's not quite kosher
Overview
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike than they'd originally thought.

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Directed by
Scott Marshall
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • faith
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Scott Marshall
Written by
Mark Zakarin
Starring
Daryl Sabara, Jami Gertz, Jeremy Piven, Cheryl Hines, Carter Jenkins, Sandra Taylor, Larry Miller, Doris Roberts
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Hebrew, English

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