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Totally unrealistic view of orthodox Judaism
Boaz Yakin's movie is the story of a woman caught in an unhappy marriage. This is an extremely wrong and depressing portrayal of orthodox Judiasm. I can point out so many instances. It starts right from the marriage, the orthodox Jewish weddings are wonderful occasions, this looks like a funeral. There are so many wrong interpretations of the bible that anyone would be offended. The worst is the Rabbi who disregards his wife, though he is such a great scholar. Some call him "Moshe Rabbenu". I will not go into details but no sincere Jew is allowed to disregard his wife, there is a mitzwah against it. The part where he dies and his wife comes and and thanks Renee is the silliest of all. The way the entire community is portrayed makes me think that I am looking at some other community, though I partly belong to it. Every community has its positives and negatives, but showing the negatives alone is wrong. This is a unique community that has great positives, attachment to family, scholarly spirit, artistic tendencies and so on that have been shown over generations. Some of the great american writers such as Saul Bellow came from such families. While the characters are acted well, it is totally silly and fictional. Do not waste time on this garbage.

uggh...
A train wreck of a movie and not a particularly adequate depiction of Hassidic life.

Oversimplification Of Orthodox Jewish Community
The topic of a person searching for their true identity is a worthwhile one, but this film's portrayal of the Jewish community as a whole left much to be desired. Jewish people are constantly being stereotyped by people who have never even met a Jew, and this film feeds many of those stereotypes. The psychiatrist/rabbi, for example, was a very unfair portrayal. The character of Sonya's husband, too, is a major generalization.

Hopefully viewers of this film will not make sweeping assumptions about Jewish culture because of the way one Hollywood film portrays it.

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