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Keeping the Faith

  • 20002000
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
52K
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Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.
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Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
52K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Edward Norton
  • Writer
    • Stuart Blumberg
  • Stars
    • Ben Stiller
    • Edward Norton
    • Jenna Elfman
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edward Norton
  • Writer
    • Stuart Blumberg
  • Stars
    • Ben Stiller
    • Edward Norton
    • Jenna Elfman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 267User reviews
    • 119Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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    Edward Norton and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman and Edward Norton in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Anne Bancroft, Jenna Elfman, Ben Stiller, and Eli Wallach in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
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    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
    Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)

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    Ben Stiller
    Ben Stiller
    • Rabbi Jake Schramas Rabbi Jake Schram
    Edward Norton
    Edward Norton
    • Father Brian Finnas Father Brian Finn
    Jenna Elfman
    Jenna Elfman
    • Anna Rileyas Anna Riley
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Ruth Schramas Ruth Schram
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    • Rabbi Ben Lewisas Rabbi Ben Lewis
    Ron Rifkin
    Ron Rifkin
    • Larry Friedmanas Larry Friedman
    Milos Forman
    Milos Forman
    • Father Havelas Father Havel
    Holland Taylor
    Holland Taylor
    • Bonnie Roseas Bonnie Rose
    Lisa Edelstein
    Lisa Edelstein
    • Ali Deckeras Ali Decker
    Rena Sofer
    Rena Sofer
    • Rachel Roseas Rachel Rose
    Ken Leung
    Ken Leung
    • Donas Don
    Brian George
    Brian George
    • Paulie Chopraas Paulie Chopra
    Catherine Lloyd Burns
    Catherine Lloyd Burns
    • Debbieas Debbie
    Susie Essman
    Susie Essman
    • Ellen Friedmanas Ellen Friedman
    Stuart Blumberg
    Stuart Blumberg
    • Lenas Len
    Samuel Goldberg
    Samuel Goldberg
    • Teenage Jake Schramas Teenage Jake Schram
    • (as Sam Goldberg)
    Michael Charles Roman
    Michael Charles Roman
    • Teenage Brian Finnas Teenage Brian Finn
    • (as Michael Roman)
    Blythe Auffarth
    Blythe Auffarth
    • Teenage Anna Rileyas Teenage Anna Riley
    • Director
      • Edward Norton
    • Writer
      • Stuart Blumberg
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dedicated to star Edward Norton's late mother Robin Norton.
    • Goofs
      Brian describes 13-year-old Anna as "a cross between Jonny Quest (1964) and Tatum O'Neal in Foxes (1980)". Tatum O'Neal wasn't in Foxes. He's either referring to Jodie Foster in Foxes, or Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980). Then again, he was drunk.
    • Quotes

      Indian Bartender: May those who love us, love us. And those who don't love us - may God turn their hearts. And if He cannot turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles, so that we may know them by their limping.

    • Crazy credits
      Thank-yous include one to "Salmita Bonita", a reference to actor-director Edward Norton's girlfriend, actress Salma Hayek.
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD release features quite a few edited scenes, including:
      • Brian takes Anna to the club while it's still under construction
      • Brian tries to come into the bar with a bottle of liquor in his hand. The bartender tells him 'No Bottles', so he promptly drinks the remainder
      • Brian and Jakob walk through an art museum with Anna (featuring the scene from the Gag Reel where Anna can't say the name of the picture she's standing in front of); eventually, her cel phone rings, she has a yelling match with a co-worker, and falls in the fountain (also seen in the Gag Reel)
      • A bit with young Jakob and Brian making a kung-fu movie with a home video camera
      • Anna talking to Ruth about Jakob and Jake's brother (establishing exactly why Ruth never forgave him)
      • A piece from Jakob's date, where the woman talks about running and breast implants before having a sneezing fit and smashing her face on the table
      • Jakob tells Anna to put her pager under her skirt while she's at work, and he'll call her; two co-workers come in just as Jake starts calling, trying to get her to help them work out the numbers as she 'gets buzzed'
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: From Paris with Love/Dear John/Frozen (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Please Call Me Baby
      Written and Performed by Tom Waits

      Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews267

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    Top review
    6/10
    Elfman's brilliant & HOT, cast is good, movie fails
    This is three or four movies squished into one. It's a lifespan movie, a romance, a comedy of manners, and it's some kind of commentary on modern urban life. Problem is, the elements of the movie-- the excellent cast, the lofty sentiments, the touching moments, the quirky ideas, the goofiness and the frustrations-- seem almost randomly inserted here and there throughout the cliché and mechanical "moments" that movie making by rote often produces.

    None of it fits together as any kind of coherent whole-- and none of the possible movies actually gets made. Instead, I was able to enjoy a LOT in this flick, but I had to do so in a fragmented way. Nothing that came before each scene nor anything that came after fit. Nothing was built, nothing really meant anything, nothing ultimately satisfied.

    It also didn't help that much of the movie's "craftsmanship" was sloppy. For example, Ed Norton's character, a Roman Catholic priest, gets staggeringly drunk at one point-- he is shown stumbling around with dirty, messed up clothing, and 3 or 4 days' worth whiskers on his face. He passes through a doorway, and his clothes are miraculously pressed, his shirt is tucked into his pants, and he has somehow shaved ("in a twinkling" perhaps?). Jenna Elfman's hair and body makeup also changed subtly within certain scenes. At times she had freckles, at other times not.

    Plus the movie seemed visually muddy, almost blurred (several theater patrons present at my screening complained, and asked the management to have the projectors focused). Even after optical adjustments in the projection booth, and with the main faces on screen reasonably in focus-- it was still blurring SEEMING. All of that is small stuff, but it is distracting. Even crappy movies can manage bright colors on the film, and they also sometimes manage continuity. Note: the local Santa Barbara movie chain tends to project movies at what is apparently full brightness-- in reference to the recent controversy about theaters running projectors at lower voltage to save money. But even with the advantage of ample amps and wattage, "Keeping the Faith" looked dull and dingy.

    You'll read lots of critical remarks about the movie's premises and plot, so let's not waste time on that. Suffice it to say, nothing fits together, and nothing is convincing, and nothing really works.

    I must also add here that I am a tremendous fan of Jenna Elfman. I think her talent is enormous, and she is a charismatic and soulful human being and actor. She is immensely talented and gifted, as well as totally hot, so I expect that her film career will blossom and flourish in the next few years. So to her, and the other fine actors in this movie, I say, Don't despair-- don't freak; an "A" for effort, even if the whole thing is kind of a clunker. At least the potential can be seen. For real Elfman fans, it is worth the effort, although it does become somewhat of a "Do it yourself" ordeal. I gave "Keeping the Faith" a 6 out of 10.
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    • bopdog
    • Apr 1, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Divinas tentaciones
    • Filming locations
      • Bow Bridge, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Spyglass Entertainment
      • Triple Threat Talent
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $29,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $37,047,880
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,078,671
      • Apr 16, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $59,945,183
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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