Product: Keeping the Faith (2000)
Rating: 4.0
A total fantasy
This is a movie cut out of the mold of a love triangle, with a happy ending after the passing of a crisis. Edward Norton is a priest and Ben Stiller, his best friend is a rabbi. Will the priest break his vows? Will the rabbi marry out of his religion? See this movie to find out! This movie is a fantasy. Stiller plays the type of rabbi, a hip Hollywood filmaking crowd would like to believe exists. In fact, a rabbi who dresses trendily in punk chic and is found out to be serious with a non Jewish romantic interest would not be as tolerated by his congregation as he is in this fictional congregation in New York (and this congregation appears to be traditional, not reform). Thus, the situation created in this movie is very unreal and is for the hopelessly romatic fantasy lover. All in all, the movie is good entertainment following a tried and true romantic comedy formula.