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Funny, strange, poignant, and an interest perspective.
Barry Levinson's semi-autobiographical look at life in the mid '50's, from a Jewish perspective, is funny, interesting, and poignant, and fairly strange. It ironically stars Joe Montegna as a Jewish business man, with many troubles, Bebe Neuwirth, as his wife and some other interesting characters. One funny, but not funny, moment (if your Jewish) is when his son tries to go to a Halloween party dressed as Adolf Hitler, much to the horror of his mother and grandmother (which is understandable). An interesting side story is the relationship between one son and a highly attractive (black) girl. Prejudice runs several ways in this movie; a definite reflection of the times, but does not detract from it. [An aside-the only thing that marred the viewing of this disc was a slight bit of debris; which I cleared off and then the disc played fine-a bit of advice to all dvd users to check and clean edge to edge; never, ever, in a circular fashion.] Otherwise a fine film. Well acted, good story, which does a credit to Mr. Levinson. Recommended.

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Entertaining and humorous
Barry Levinson has returned yet again to Baltimore for his latest and has turned out an entertaining, if a little flawed, winner. It is the story of a Jewish family in the fifties, narrated by the youngest son, looking back on his senior year in high school from what I presume to be the present. The two sons and their father confront other socio-economic sets with amusing results. The older son falls for an unbelievabley waspy, wealthy young woman. The younger son falls for a young black woman. The movie, while funny, charming and well acted lacks cohesion and is a bit too episodic. It's still a lot of fun to watch and viewers will not be disappointed. It's just not a masterpiece the way Diner was (but movies of that caliber a few and far between). If you have enjoyed Levinson's earlier Baltimore movies (Avalon, Tin Men, Diner), you will no doubt enjoy this one.

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An Eye Opening Film For All Generations To Enjoy
The first time I watched this movie was on a whim and I didn't know what to expect from it. I quickly found myself becoming infatuated with the story line. Barry Levinson has created a masterpiece with this film that stars Joe Mategna, Ben Foster, Adrien Brody and Bebe Neuwirth who are theKurtzman family living in suburbian Baltimore, Maryland in a place called Liberty Heights in the year 1954. Along the way their experiences are chronicled as integration has just begun. I could go on and on, but you have got to see this movie for yourself. I guarantee that you will not be disappointed.