“Between the Temples” is in many ways a coming-of-age story, but it is also a meditation on faith, an examination of the aging process, and reconnecting with the past. How are all these things possible at once? As “Between the Temples” so beautifully explores, identity is fungible, and there is never any definitive moment in which someone definitively passes from one stage of life to another.
The possibility of finding either maturity or regression later in life is what makes it so exciting, but it can also be a challenge for those who don’t feel their experiences are worth consideration. There are a lot of touchy subjects that get a spotlight in “Between the Temples,” but at its best, Nathan Silver’s gut-busting dramedy explores all the specific chaos that comes with being human.
At the center of “Between the Temples” is another charming man-child performance by Jason Schwartzman as Ben Gottlieb,...
The possibility of finding either maturity or regression later in life is what makes it so exciting, but it can also be a challenge for those who don’t feel their experiences are worth consideration. There are a lot of touchy subjects that get a spotlight in “Between the Temples,” but at its best, Nathan Silver’s gut-busting dramedy explores all the specific chaos that comes with being human.
At the center of “Between the Temples” is another charming man-child performance by Jason Schwartzman as Ben Gottlieb,...
- 10/30/2024
- by Liam Gaughan
- High on Films
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