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  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 8 m
Keeping the Faith

Summary Best friends since they were kids, Jake (Stiller), a rabbi, and Brian (Norton), a Catholic priest, are single, successful, handsome, and confident young men living on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna (Elfman), their childhood friend, returns to New York, she reenters their lives and hearts with a vengeance and a complicated love tr...

Directed By: Edward Norton

Written By: Stuart Blumberg

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 2 h 8 m

Keeping the Faith

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 84 User Ratings
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Summary Best friends since they were kids, Jake (Stiller), a rabbi, and Brian (Norton), a Catholic priest, are single, successful, handsome, and confident young men living on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna (Elfman), their childhood friend, returns to New York, she reenters their lives and hearts with a vengeance and a complicated love tr...

Directed By: Edward Norton

Written By: Stuart Blumberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
60
61% Positive
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29% Mixed
9 Reviews
10% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
60
61% Positive
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29% Mixed
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10% Negative
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88
Funny and untouched by cynical, ironic bids to be taken seriously.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
80
A funny and touching date movie that dares to celebrate decency.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 84 User Ratings
8.1
75% Positive
63 Ratings
17% Mixed
14 Ratings
8% Negative
7 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 84 User Ratings
8.1
75% Positive
63 Ratings
17% Mixed
14 Ratings
8% Negative
7 Ratings

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75
We're swept up in the story's need to find a happy ending.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
63
Despite scattered bits of nice writing, the movie never quite comes together.
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60
Unbearably talky and earnest in equal measure.
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50
Too long, too predictable.
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW
0
Chock-full of the sort of levity that leaves you feeling you've been beaten about the head with a lead pipe.
By Diana Abu-Jaber FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Triple Threat Talent
Release Date Apr 14, 2000
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline If you have to believe in something, you might as well believe in love.
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Awards

Tokyo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
Street Film Festival, Milan
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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