Menorah in the Middle

I loved this movie. First LOL was when the busker sang about the "goy". I found the dialogue to be funny and the singing narrator hilarious. I love Jewish and Yiddish culture, which is why I searched for "Hanukkah " ( not easy to know how best to spell it in search!) looking for something a little different for the holiday season. It is a made for streaming movie, so keep your expectations appropriate, but I enjoyed it very much!

The setting in the "S. V." neighborhood was great. The characters were fun, well developed and not too over done. I liked how Chad was a frat bro with an accent, no explanation needed.

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Enjoyed this movie so much! Cute light hearted film for the family highly recommended! Sarah Silverman especially added a nice sense of comedy. The movie highlights the truth about how hospitals destroy small business in America, and shines light on this tragic issue. My heart sincerely goes out to anyone experiencing this. Love seeing all the Jewish geography and how it ended up saving the day. Grab your family and some latkes and sit tight for 1:27.5 minutes because your in for a delightful Chanukah treat!

P. S. Sarah Silverman if you are reading this at night before bed please don't drink water after 7:00. Thank you!

I didn't expect much and yet I was disappointed. It could have been done so so much better but alas. There are not many jewish sappy cheap-romance movies so every one of it is watched upon and expected to be at least at the lever of the Hallmark Christmas ones. So it was even more sadder that this one was so boring and slow. The idea is nice, and with just a little more enthusiasm it could be much funnier but I just could't last more than half an hour (and I usually like these movies).

The actors are many "relative of..." which makes me thinking that they did it as a favour to someone or were blackmailed into doing so.

I couldn't get past the disgusting attitude of that that greasy faced ding dong with muscles to find him remotely funny!

The way he was just so ignorant to everything related to the customs, and his possessiveness over his fiancé, absolutely unwatchable!

It really all comes down to the writing, it's like out of nowhere he was rude to the "boy next door". It was infuriating during that scene when he decided he called the shots for the family business!

This isn't a run of the mill feel good holiday film. I tried my best to ignore the dimwit (and the random guy with the guitar) and watch everything else. This is NOT on my rewatch list!

Not really a B movie. I would say it's a C movie. Poor writing, a disjointed presentation, and a mostly misguided attempt to stuff in as many Jewishisms as possible but without any real "tam" behind them (look up that word!) However, you could tell the actors still really tried to make a go of it, despite the weird casting of a bulked up giant as the fiancé of Ms. DeVito, that picture alone constantly interfering with my ability to follow the storyline. I mean, what a mismatch.

It's so nice to have a Hanukkah movie or two to watch amongst the hundreds of Christmas movies available at this time of year. Just not this one.