The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 4,644 2020s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic83/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
58 audience votes
Key crew
- Nathan SilverDirector
- C. Mason WellsWriter
- Nathan SilverWriter
Cast
- Jason SchwartzmanBen Gottlieb
- Carol KaneCarla Kessler
- Dolly de LeonJudith Gottlieb
- Caroline AaronMeira Gottlieb
- Robert SmigelRabbi Bruce
- Madeline WeinsteinGabby / Ruth
- Matthew ShearNat
- Lindsay BurdgeDarcy
- Julia WalshTwin #1
- Brittany WalshTwin #2
- Diane LanyiCindy
- Keith PoulsonBartender
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Themes
new york citymidlife crisiswidowcemeterymusic teachergriefjewish americanteacher student relationshiplgbtdeath of husbandcrisis of faithjewish family