Keeping Up with the Steins (2006) on Netflix
After the Steins' Titanic-themed bar mitzvah on a cruise ship, Adam Fiedler vows to outdo it for his son Benjamin. Dreading the party, Benjamin secretly invites his estranged grandfather Irwin.
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Plot summary
Benjamin Fiedler, the son of Adam and Joanne, attends the bar mitzvah party Arnie Stein threw for his son Zachary, a Titanic-themed affair on a cruise ship. Adam decides that Benjamin's own celebration, three months away, must outdo it, and starts planning with a party planner. Benjamin has no clear idea what he wants and, under pressure, chooses baseball as a theme. He does not understand the words of the haftorah he must read and does not want the event to happen as planned. To stall his father, he secretly invites his grandfather Irwin, who left Adam and his mother when Adam was a teenager, has not seen Benjamin since shortly after his birth, and lives on an Indian reservation with Sacred Feather. Irwin's arrival upsets Adam's arrangements.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The synagogue shown on an exterior shot as Congregation Ari-El, where Daryl Sabara's character has his bar mitzvah, is the real Adat Ari El in North Hollywood, founded by members of the film industry. Its Ark, built by Jewish carpenters working for Warner Bros., was originally used on a film set and installed in the synagogue after the movie was completed.
- While shooting Keeping Up with the Steins, Daryl Sabara was also studying for his own bar mitzvah, and the Haftorah portion his character chants in the film was Sabara's actual bar mitzvah portion.
