Product: Keeping the Faith (2000)
Rating: 4.0
You Gotta Have Faith
If you look carefully enough at the trailer of every movie, you can pretty much tell whether or not it's a rental. I did in fact take my girlfriend at the time to see this movie, and it succeeded as both a date movie, and a trite little tale about religion in the 90's.In the latter case, the film probably works a lot better--I agree with most of the reviewers about the pairing of the Ben Stiller (Jake) and Jenna Elfman (Dhar... I mean, Anna); that there's not much onscreen chemistry between them. Elfman is the real problem--her jump from TV to the big screen just isn't convincing.That being said, there are a number of great one-liners, mostly relating to modern-day religion, and the strength of the film's first half is JUST enough to forgive the weakness of the second half. Anybody in this day and age who's had problems with his/her faith would enjoy this film for what it is. A simple, light-hearted comedy with its heart in the right place.Besides, my mum loved it.