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- 2003
- R
- Comedy Central
- 1 h 25 m
- 2003
- R
- Comedy Central
- 1 h 25 m
Summary By creating The Hebrew Hammer, writer/director Kesselman has brought to life a character rarely seen in Hollywood or off-Hollywood films: a sexy and powerful Jewish action hero. (ContentFilm)
Directed By: Jonathan Kesselman
Written By: Jonathan Kesselman
- 2003
- R
- Comedy Central
- 1 h 25 m
- 2003
- R
- Comedy Central
- 1 h 25 m
The Hebrew Hammer
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5.3
Summary By creating The Hebrew Hammer, writer/director Kesselman has brought to life a character rarely seen in Hollywood or off-Hollywood films: a sexy and powerful Jewish action hero. (ContentFilm)
Directed By: Jonathan Kesselman
Written By: Jonathan Kesselman
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
41
8% Positive
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1 Review
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
41
8% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
69% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
A wickedly funny, Naked Gun-style parody that conflates old-style private-eye pics with Shaft and, yes, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Writer/director John Kesselman serves up a stylin' live-action spoof that irreverently milks stereotypes and bravely pokes fun at that which is usually sacrosanct.
A hit-and-miss affair.
Would have worked brilliantly as a five-minute late-night comedy sketch, flogs its premise for nearly an hour and a half, generating too few laughs to justify the enterprise.
The result is explicit, if less than hilarious. The Hebrew Hammer lacks the edge of Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song," although as anti-seasonal fare, it would make a suitably unbearable double bill with Terry Zwigoff's "Bad Santa."
Desperation is the project's principal quality, characterizing everything from the misfiring jokes to the surprisingly distinguished cast.
A crass, sophomoric and, more to the point, offensively unfunny parody that sets out to remake Shaft and his blaxploitation ilk as a Jewish action hero.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
29% Positive
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14% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
29% Positive
2 Ratings
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57% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company
Intrinsic Value Films,
Comedy Central Films,
ContentFilm,
Jericho Entertainment
Release Date Dec 19, 2003
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Part man. Part street. 100% kosher.
Website
http://www.thehebrewhammer.com/
