A proud graduate of the MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING school of ethnic-celebration comedy, Scott Marshall and Mark Zakarin's dissection of bar mitzvah one-upmanship could just as easily have unfolded at a baby shower, a third-grader's birthday bash, a quinceanos party or anyplace else steely-eyed social climbers see an opportunity to let their neighbors know they've arrived. Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara), the awkward, slow-to-mature son of ruthlessly competitive Hollywood agent Adam Fiedler (Jeremy Piven), is about to become a man, and his father's reputation rests on how spectacularly Benjamin's coming-of-age celebration eclipses that of former-partner-turned-rival-age...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
99 mins