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Critics Consensus: Keeping Up With the Steins is one of those comedies that play more like a corny sitcom than a theatrical movie.
Critic Consensus: Keeping Up With the Steins is one of those comedies that play more like a corny sitcom than a theatrical movie.
All Critics (81) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (52) | DVD (7)
Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script.
It's not meant to be uproarious. But even as comfort food, Steins can't keep up.
By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs, we've grown to like them.
A winningly sincere and warmly humorous film about an ancient Jewish milestone in the time of Martha Stewart.
Had Scott Marshall and screenwriter Mark Zakarin honed their knives sharper, they could have made genuine mirth out of this.
The tribute to an aging parent is moving and gives this routine comedy an extra something.
Pleasant little comedy with some good performances.
Will it all turn out? What do you think? Part of the fun is in watching how, although one's enjoyment of the movie will depend on many factors. Comedy, of course, is a very subjective medium; what some find hilarious, others won't. At the screening I atte
... the comedy is too timid to really make much of a satirical statement.
a stiff would-be comedy filled with talented stars and very few laughs.
Entertaining on all three levels: as Jewish comedy, as Jewish satire and as universal comedy
...benefits greatly from the mere presence of Jeremy Piven...
Being Jewish, I have a bias towards liking a film like this. The usage of Yiddish, along with the many exaggerations of the Jewish family are something most people won't understand, unless they grew up around it. Parts of this film I found to be hysterical, while my non-Jewish friend, sitting next to me, didn't get it at all. As for the film, it's a lie before the credits even stop rolling. Keeping Up With The Steins, really has very little to due with the Stein family, as they are part of the background story at best. The film is actually about a broken family, forced together on the eve of a child's Bar Mitzvah. Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) is turning 13, which in the Jewish religion means that he is about to become a man. His parents are well off and are making huge plans for the event, but Ben wants no part of it. In an attempt to take the attention off himself, he sends an invitation to his estranged Grandfather that he's never met, a Grandfather, who shows up to the families wealthy neighborhood in an old RV, with a woman half his age. This is where the heart of the story comes from, as father and son are forced together after fifteen years. Jeremy Piven stars as the son and believe it or not he's a big time Hollywood agent, living in a life of luxury. This toned down version of Ari is forced to see his father, played by the legendary Garry Marshall. For the past 15 years, he's been living as a hippie, teaching on an Indian reservation. As soon as they see each other the two are at odds and it really is very funny. The star of the film is Spy Kids, Daryl Sabara, who I have never liked. He's just always so shy and painfully awkward, I really just don't understand his appeal. While he is a major part of the story, the parts of the film that feature him without Marshall or Piven are just painful. Keeping Up With The Steins isn't raunchy and much of the humor is intertwined in the Jewish religion. If you're not Jewish, you'll probably have the same reaction my friend did. Personally I loved it, but I can understand how this film won't appeal to everybody.
Super Reviewer
Keeping Up with the Steins is about trip to his bar mitzvah party with his dysfunctional family in one house. Good plot and good acting most of the time Its kind of a cult, spoof and comedy mix into to one. This film is making fun of how too many Jewish families see a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah not as a coming of age for their son or daughter, but rather as an excuse to throw outrageously lavish parties. It had one good song at the very end. Cons Lacking acting sometimes Lacking good music some times. Weird
much better then expected
Resoundingly artificial and rarely amusing.
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