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I would have appreciated this movie so much more if the representation of Orthodox Judaism wasn't laughably bad and borderline disrespectful. Telling a story of a massively underrepresented group of people in media means that authenticity is not an option, but a responsibility, and this film heavily lacks it. Rachel Weisz's character is a horrible portrayal of what a deconstructed Jew would look like, much less one raised in a heavily Orthodox environment, MUCH less one who was the only…
Some dude in the 60s saw this movie on acid and walked out of the theater a changed man
Most unrealistic thing about this movie was the Knicks being in the finals in 2003