This debut film for writer-director Jonathan Kaufer is a humorous and somewhat bitter look at a young, conservative, Jewish New Yorker, Allan (Saul Rubinek), on a quest for true love in an increasingly alienating world. The film's self-deprecating tone is reminiscent of much of the work of
Woody Allen. However, Kaufer lacks distance or objectivity, making his humor more bitter. Allan eventually finds the woman of his dreams, but as these things predictably go, she finds him repulsive. However, he is persistent and a romance eventually develops. Meanwhile, Allan wonders if the
relationship is really what he wants. Although this Woody-Allen-type humor is nothing new,...
Released:
1982
Rated:
R
Length:
87 mins