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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • First Independent Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • First Independent Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

Summary It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family is increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Ber...

Directed By: Paul Weiland

Written By: Peter Straughan, Bridget O'Connor, Paul Weiland

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • First Independent Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • First Independent Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

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Summary It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family is increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Ber...

Directed By: Paul Weiland

Written By: Peter Straughan, Bridget O'Connor, Paul Weiland

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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
57
36% Positive
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64% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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64% Mixed
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75
The story line sounds plain and simple, but the movie is enlightened by Bernie's impassioned narration and by a gallery of small comic details.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
In the end, though, Weiland ("Made of Honor") pours so much heart into his autobiographically "true-ish" story that accessibility is a nonissue.
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75
The movie's climax is enough to provoke genuine tears, and not just from fans of the West Germany squad.
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60
You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate its genuine fondness for the claustrophobic warmth of family life among working-class people apprehensively inching their way toward upward mobility.
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50
Charts a sentimental struggle toward manhood with period-appropriate charm.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Though inspired by Weiland's own childhood, the film's plot sticks close to the underdog's coming-of-age formula and is marred by young Bernie's gratingly self-pitying voice-over.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
40
Instead of depicting a boy's first steps toward manhood -- ceremony aside -- it turns into an uninvolving portrait of self-absorption.
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Production Company Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, StudioCanal, WT2 Productions, It Is Now Film
Release Date Aug 1, 2008
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline It was Bernie's big day, but there was a little competition.
Website http://www.66thefilm.com/
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