Keeping The Faith

Starring: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, et al.

Best friends, a priest (Norton) and a rabbi (Stiller) both fall in love with the same girl (Elfman). However, neither of the men can pursue the relationship due to their religious beliefs: the priest cannot break his vow of celibacy and the rabbi cannot marry her since she is not Jewish.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 717951010582
• Release Date: December 2010
• Rating: PG13
• Publisher: TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
• Director: Edward Norton
• Starring: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Kryss Anderson, Anne Bancroft, Dagmara Dominczyk, Milos Forman, Ken Leung, Ron Rifkin, Rena Sofer
• Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly good

I have to admit I started watching this movie with less than a positive attitude. My previous encounters with Ben Stiller were either getting certain appendages stuck in zippers or having crocodilian's crispy heads removed geek style. I recognized Jenna Elfman from “Krippendorf's Tribe” (1998). So, I was ready for some wasted film. After holding my breath and waiting for it to hit. I soon realized that this was a well put-together movie with a good story plot and excellent execution. I was amazed at the people who were in this movie. Half the time, I keep saying, "Oh, look, there is Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach, and many others”. The basic story of three childhood friends. One went away, and the other two chose to become (now do not laugh) a priest and a rabbi. The one that went away (Anna Riley) returns as a business executive and has a magnetic personality with accouterments to match. The fun and the drama are when two and a half become more than friends. How will they and their world react to this? What makes the movie is not the story as much as how it is executed. And it seems that I need to re-evaluate Ben Stiller as he did an outstanding job with just the minimum of "spectacles, testicles, watch, wallet".