Keeping Up with the Steins

Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)

Something's not quite kosher

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.

Date of release
2006-05-12
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Scott Marshall

Casting

Interesting facts

Keeping Up with the Steins is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Scott Marshall, written by Mark Zakarin, and starring Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz and Daryl Hannah. The film is a commentary on 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 which end in drama.

Production

The working title for the film was Lucky 13.

While shooting this film, Daryl Sabara was also studying for his own bar mitzvah. The Haftorah portion that his character chants in the film was Sabara's actual bar mitzvah portion.

Congregation Ari-El, the synagogue where Daryl Sabara's character is to have his bar mitzvah, which is shown on an exterior shot, is a real synagogue in North Hollywood, called Adat Ari El, and was founded by members of the film industry. It has an Ark (where the scrolls of the Torah are kept) built by Jewish carpenters working for Warner Bros. that was originally used on a film set, and installed in the synagogue after the movie was completed.

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