Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/14/2000(USA)
Release Date: 10/17/2000
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Actor
Edward Norton debuts as a director with this comedy-drama about love, friendship, and faith. Priest Brian Finn (
Norton) and rabbi Jacob Schram (
Ben Stiller) have known each other since childhood. When Anna Reilly (
Jenna Elfman), whom they both knew as children, returns to New York, both men find themselves infatuated with her, sparking both rivalry and personal dilemmas: Brian has taken a vow of celibacy, and Jacob is allowed to marry only within his faith. Award-winning director
Milos Forman appears in the supporting cast, alongside
Anne Bancroft,
Ron Rifkin, and
Eli Wallach; the screenplay marks the debut of writer
Stuart Blumberg, whom
Norton met when they were both undergraduates at Yale.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide