This film was evenly balanced in my opinion. Going in, I set my expectations very low. And, for the first half hour or so of the movie, my expectations were met. Most of the first half hour of the film is boring and not very funny, mostly low brow gags, especially Garry Marshall's nude scene. However, after the first half hour of the film, it started getting better. The film became funnier and I actually started becoming interested in the characters, particularly the kid. However, at that point, I still hated Garry Marshall's character for his ideologies. Then, during the film's last half hour, the film becomes really funny. I still didn't like Garry Marshall's character too much, but I liked the maturity that the kid gained and I even started warming up to characters I initially hated, Garry Marshall being the exception to that. If you can put up with a half hour of blandness for an hour of decent comedy or are interested in learning a bit more about the Jewish culture, then give it a watch on Netflix. If not, just skip to the Bar Mitzfah scene at the end.
Review of Keeping Up with the Steins
