edward norton is an incredibly great actor, but not a good director of comedies (not yet). the movie is silly and heavy handed at the same time. very cliched story: "30-something career girl" meets "30-something career rabbi" and "30-something career priest". then there's the 60-something jewish mother who pressures her son (do such women really exist anymore?) the priest couldn't leave the church? the girl couldn't convert?
norton is an interesting actor and gets as close as looking like maybe he wants to play a priest, stiller is totally unbelievable as a leather clad rabbi and elfman is one dimensional as a super achieving career girl madly in love with stiller (a huge stretch of the imagination).
no pungent religious jokes, just a silly love triangle.
norton is an interesting actor and gets as close as looking like maybe he wants to play a priest, stiller is totally unbelievable as a leather clad rabbi and elfman is one dimensional as a super achieving career girl madly in love with stiller (a huge stretch of the imagination).
no pungent religious jokes, just a silly love triangle.