The Hebrew Hammer

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Summary: The Hammer isnt that interesting
Review: Adam Goldberg (The Prophecy, The Salton Sea)stars as the coolest cat on the block...The Hebrew Hammer and he is assigned to a case after Santa Claus gets killed and now its in the hands of an evil Andy Dick (Tv's Less Than Perfect). Dick is out to ruin Hannukah but Goldberg must stop his evil deeds. It's outrageous and sometimes funny but totally forgettable. Goldberg is just right for the part, Dick is a scream and Judy Greer (What Women Want, 13 Going On 30) is smoking hot as The Hammer's love interest Esther. Peter Coyote (Sphere) plays Judy Greer's father, in which he has a eyepatch with the star of David on it, Richard Riehle plays Santa and Mario Van Peebles (Badasss, Gunmen) is dynomite as the leader of the Kwanza gang...their sorta like The Blank Panthers in away. Also starring Tony Cox (Me, Myself and Irene and Bad Santa) and Nora Dunn (Three Kings). Shabbat Shalom everyone!!!!

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Summary: A painful waste of time, even by low-budget standards
Review: Few truly clever and/or original jokes turns this film into a pointless parade of Jewish stereotypes. Save your money and catch this stinker on Comedy Central - if you must, and only if you don't mind "Girls Gone Wild" commercials during each break. Better yet, avoid altogether and catch the real laughs on South Park. Mr. Hanke is far superior than anything found on this film! Our Hebrew friends deserved better.

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Summary: Excellent Film - Based on my Friend Marty
Review: Great film with a deep message of understanding and compassion. Funny as heck too. We call my friend Marty "The Hebrew Hammer" because of his physical gifts, so this movie was doubly funny for us and me.

A must have for the holiday season!!!!

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Summary: Unbelievably Hilarious....
Review: I don't feel it necessary to repeat what has already been adequately covered in prior reviews here, but did want to throw out the idea of coming up with a sequel to the producers and entire cast. As a simple Buddhist "Goy-Boy", I thought this movie was a wonderful twist on the usual movie satires! It should bring all religous persuations to an even playing field and allow all people to just relax for a moment in joining your minds for just some simple laughter!

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Summary: Undercover Brother for the chosen people
Review: I think from the other reviews you get a good sense of this movie, unless you love the young person parody genre you will hate this. The Hebrew Hammer is one giant stereotype against Jews and I have rarely laughed so much in two hours. So if your in your midtwenties love the jews long time and smoke ALOT then buy this now. Don't expect revolutionary plot/acting/directing just good laughs.

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Summary: You're a hora!
Review: Let me be absolutely clear, this movie is HYS-TER-IC-AL! In a world where the same three holiday movies are played over, and over, and over again in a complex form of brainwashing by our local networks, it was a pure delight to see something fresh, funny, and outstandingly original in the holiday film circuit. Director Jonathan Kesselman has done his homework with this project. By homework I mean watching "cult" classics like Hot Shots! and Airplane! while using a similar structure to develop his own unique blend of humor and satire. While watching this you will be surprised at how little you see coming. That is due to the fresh feel of this film. We have not seen many films like it lately, it on all levels it worked. It left me wanting more, oh so much more.

You can only credit the director for so much, it takes the talent from in front of the camera to really pull a film together. The feeling that actors have when doing a project definitely comes through the screen and onto the audience. Take Stepford Wives for example. You could tell that Kidman had no excitement on doing this project, and it consequently was horrible. I was never interested in Kidman's character because if she didn't care, why should I bother. This was not the case with The Hebrew Hammer. Goldberg was having a blast playing this zany yet kind character that cares more about his faith than anyone in the entire world. His eyes told the story, and allowed us to really follow this "leader" blindly into uncharted territory. I am an enormous fan of Andy Dick, not only does he carry my name, but he also bring to the screen his one style of comedy. He is notorious for being who he is, and while others may find him annoying, I only see him as comic genius a la Robin Williams. He is destined to be one of the greats and if he keeps with these films he will surely do well. The rest of the cast is superb, they really transport you into this world unlike our own. They really do define themselves and take this film to a new level. Adam Goldberg and Andy Dick are the staples of this film, while the rest assist in holding the film together.

I would also like to take this time to say that I watched this film with my Jewish friends, and they thought it was hysterical as well. I have trouble seeing where offense could be taken from this film. This was a humorous story about the uneducated nature of our culture towards the Hanukkah holiday. It comes at a time when consumerism is up and family values are at an all time low. This was no Oscar film, but it did bring to the spotlight a holiday and culture that is normally left on the doorstep. I applaud Kesselman's hard work and excitement behind this picture. This could have easily been something that fell through the cracks, but instead it will be something I show to friends time and time again.

Overall, I was extremely impressed with this film. The quality of the story, the witty and knowledgeable humor made me laugh as well as use my mind (which is a plus), and the honesty behind the characters was something other films should use more often. There was just a sense of fun with this picture, and it blasted through my television with the greatest of ease. This is our new Holiday film in our house. I am skipping the "classics" and creating new ones of my own. How impressive this film was!

Grade: ***** out of *****

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Summary: You'll love it or hate it
Review: Obviously I hated it.

It's possible to do parody without being inane and boring. The sterotyping in HH was not only deeply offensive, it was trite and mostly unimaginative. Let's see... slovenly eating habits, chasing a penny, stupid Yiddish accents, fat oppressed little kids. Give me a break. And a lot more imagination.

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Summary: Terribly Funny Jewish Humor
Review: This movie had some funny moments, but most of it was filled up with extremely offensive stereotypical jokes, which will offend you no matter what religion you are.

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Summary: No laughs whatsoever.
Review: To be honest with you this film was pretty lame. I didn't expect much from it and got exactly what I expected. Most of the humor is nothing but poking fun at dumb Jewish (and other) stereotypes and making Christians who love Christmas look like. . . well you know. I'm not Jewish or Christian so I'm not being biased in any way. This movie sucks no matter what you are.

Andy Dick is not funny. Andy Dick was never funny. Andy Dick will never be funny. He should just take that baton Pauly Shore or Carrot Top handed to him and pass it on to the next loser.