Keeping the Faith (2000)

Director:

Edward Norton

Writer (WGA):

Stuart Blumberg (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

If you have to believe in something, you might as well believe in love.

Plot:

A story about two friends, a priest and a rabbi, who fall in love with the same beauty (Jenna Elfman).

Plot Keywords:

Rabbi | Priest | Religion | Celibacy | Synagogue

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Rabbi Jake Schram
Edward Norton	...	Father Brian Finn
Jenna Elfman	...	Anna Riley
Anne Bancroft	...	Ruth Schram
Eli Wallach	...	Rabbi Ben Lewis
Ron Rifkin	...	Larry Friedman
Milos Forman	...	Father Havel
Holland Taylor	...	Bonnie Rose
Lisa Edelstein	...	Ali Decker
Rena Sofer	...	Rachel Rose
Ken Leung	...	Don
Brian George	...	Paulie Chopra
Catherine Lloyd Burns	...	Debbie
Susie Essman	...	Ellen Friedman
Stuart Blumberg	...	Len

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and language.

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew | Spanish

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37329) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

17 State Street, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Spyglass Entertainment

Trivia:

When Jake and Anna go to the cinema they say they're going to see "García's film", they're talking about Andy Garcia and the movie is When a Man Loves a Woman (1994).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jake and Anna are discussing at Anna's apartment, the shades get messy. Moments later, the shade behind Jake is arranged correctly again.

Quotes:

Father Havel: I remember I fell in love with this girl in Prague. She was beautiful. She looked like Carol Lombard. She grabbed me in the alley behind my church, she pressed me up against the wall, she kissed me. I was so happy I thought I would die, I felt like Richard Chamberlain in "The Thorn Birds", you know with Maggie in the attic.
Father Brian Kilkenney Finn: You never told me this. Did anything happen between you?
Father Havel: Not really. Flirtations, little moments, but soon after the Russians invaded Czechoslovakia and I moved to the United States.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Meet the Parents (2000)

Soundtrack:

Melodia Del Rio

Good comedy/romance

This is a pretty good film and I think it hits perfectly the things we all want in life. Great friends and significant others. It is just a beautiful film which I must say (for a comedy) and a Ben Stiller film is pretty jokeless. Good acting, good directing a good story and good everything. There was one thing that was great though. The way Edward Norton used Faith in this film. Never have I seen so much depictions of Faith in a film and actually enjoyed it. I don't believe in church and stuff, but these two clergymen are way beyond cool, they ROCK!

My favorite in this one is undoubtedly Jenna Elfman. She is so cool and cute. I mean there are so many beautiful women in Hollywood, but man one look into those shiny, glittery eyes and I'm sold. She has just so much natural glow about her it really is amazing. GOOD CHOICE!!! I can only beg producers to use her more in quality productions, she's pretty, she can act and she's very likeable too.

7 out of 10