Keeping Up With the Steins

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Keeping Up With the Steins

PG-13

2006

1h 30m

Comedy

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Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) has a lot to be nervous about; his bar mitzvah is fast approaching, and his parents (Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz) are caught up in plans to make his party even more lavish than the one the Steins threw for their son. Amid his family's debate over whether to invite an estranged grandfather (Garry Marshall), the youth solves the problem by arranging for Grandpa to arrive two weeks early.

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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.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Jun 24, 2006

2/5

Keeping Up With the Steins isn't a bad film -- it just devolves into the limp sort of schmaltzy conclusion you keep hoping it will avoid.

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

Jun 9, 2006

2.5/4

Excellent casting lifts this sitcomlike script.

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Michael Booth

Denver Post

Jun 9, 2006

3/4

By the time the Fiedlers are getting serious about their arguments and their hugs, we've grown to like them.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 21, 2020

1/10

Surely this poorly scripted, badly directed picture is unappealing to any age group, gender, or ethnicity.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 13, 2020

3.0/4.0

It's a feel good film.

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Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Nov 20, 2008

3/5

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 13, 2025

Funny in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Some Crude Language, Nudity and Brief Drug References!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $4,300,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sep 8, 2017

It's kind of sad that most people would not appreciate this movie. Perfect funny, mindless, well produced, action comedy, for a Friday night on the couch.

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Jul 9, 2017

Awful, cheesy and unfunny.

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May 9, 2016

I would compare this movie to garbage, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate...both are stinky and useless, but garbage has substance. "Keeping Up with the Steins", a completely unfunny comedy with a wasted cast of talented actors, is just...nothing.

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Oct 31, 2015

This was a great coming of age movie that was funny, value oriented and even brought a tear to my eye. This was a fine piece of storytelling and a great find.

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Apr 13, 2014

Talk about obscure. I saw this one sunday afternoon with about three other people in the theater with me. It's an interesting take on Judaism in America and the pomp and circumstance that comes with one's bar mitzvah. But it could've honestly been a lot better. It's about as cliched a movie as you could possibly get, right down to the obligatory musical guest appearance by Neil Diamond. In terms of an Ethnic comedy, It never comes close to the brilliance of "Moonstruck"... hell.. not even "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".

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Synopsis

Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) has a lot to be nervous about; his bar mitzvah is fast approaching, and his parents (Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz) are caught up in plans to make his party even more lavish than the one the Steins threw for their son. Amid his family's debate over whether to invite an estranged grandfather (Garry Marshall), the youth solves the problem by arranging for Grandpa to arrive two weeks early.

Director: Scott Marshall
Producer: A.D. Oppenheim, Mark Zakarin, David Scharf
Screenwriter: Mark Zakarin
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Road Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Crude Language|Nudity|Brief Drug References)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M
Runtime: 1h 30m

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