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Keeping the Faith
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Or, "A priest and a rabbi..." The Movie.Keeping the Faith is a 2000 romantic comedy directed by and starring Edward Norton and co-starring Jenna Elfman and Ben Stiller. His directorial debut, Norton dedicated the film to his late mother, Robin.Brian Finn and Jacob Schram are at the mercy of a schoolyard bully when Anna Riley arrives to stop him. The three become inseparable friends, until Anna's father takes a job in California and she moves away. Brian and Jacob stay best friends, grow up and enter into their respective careers: Brian (Norton) becomes a Catholic priest and Jacob (Stiller) a rabbi. When Anna (Elfman) returns to New York for work and re-connects with her friends, a Love Triangle ensues. | |
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Forceful Kiss | |
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Forceful Kiss: Brian does this to Anna, thinking she's about to confess she's in love with him. She's not. | |
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Chekhov's Gun: The skyscraper across from Anna's office with the windows that can be looked into becomes important in the climax of the film. | |
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Secret Relationship | |
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Secret Relationship: Anna and Jake | |
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She Is All Grown Up | |
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She Is All Grown Up: Brian and Jake's reaction when they meet Anna coming off the plane. | |
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Two Guys and a Girl | |
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Two Guys and a Girl | |
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Binocular Shot: Anna keeps a pair of binoculars in her office, at first to take a closer look at Manhattan landmarks, and then to watch the man in the office building across from hers having sex. | |
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Jews Love to Argue | |
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Jews Love to Argue: A brief flashback shows Jake arguing with his father. Brian's narration implies that the argument is over Jake's decision to become a rabbi instead of entering into the family business. The argument is unheard, save for Jake's closing line: | |
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Team Power Walk | |
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Team Power Walk: Brian and Jake walk together to Carlos Santana's 'Smooth'. See it for yourself. | |
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Irishman and a Jew | |
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Irishman and a Jew: Anna describes her, Brian and Jake as 'Two micks and a yid' | |
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Funny Foreigner | |
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Funny Foreigner: Don the karaoke machine salesman plays this role initially with Brian and Jake, before dropping the act when they start quizzing him about prices. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: The entire film is a loving look at New York City. | |
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Workaholic | |
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Workaholic: Anna, and how! She carries her cellphone with her everywhere and has it strapped to her thigh when she's on a date. | |
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Failed Dramatic Exit | |
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Failed Dramatic Exit: Anna and Jake have an argument about their relationship. It gets heated and angry, and eventually Anna furiously storms out of the apartment, informing Jake that their relationship is over, she's walking out and never coming back. Unfortunately, she's forgotten one crucial detail: | |
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Drowning My Sorrows | |
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Drowning My Sorrows: Brian at the beginning of the film | |
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Erotic Dream | |
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Erotic Dream: Brian has one about Anna. | |
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Jewish Mother | |
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Jewish Mother: Jake's mom spends a lot of time harassing Jake about his love life. | |
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Victorious Childhood Friend: Anna to Jake | |
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Like Brother and Sister | |
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Like Brother and Sister: Lampshaded by Jake when Brian admits he's in love with Anna: | |
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How We Got Here | |
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How We Got Here: 3/4 of the film is Brian recounting to Pauly how he came to end up drinking in his tavern. | |
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Drunken Montage | |
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Then there's the Drunken Montage when Brian wanders the streets drinking.... | |
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Converting for Love | |
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Converting for Love: Strongly implied with Anna. | |
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Did Not Get the Girl | |
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Did Not Get the Girl: Brian | |
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Confessional | |
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Confessional: Brian is seen hearing confessions at his parish, though when he sees Anna in the booth after he kissed her and she confessed she was in love with Jake, he balks. | |
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Sad-Times Montage | |
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....and this is followed by a Sad-Times Montage since the trio are now separated/not speaking to each other. | |
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Artistic License – Religion | |
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Artistic License – Religion: There is a scene where people in a synagogue are shown seated during kol nidrei, which would not happen in real life. This is not the only inaccuracy in the movie, but it's definitely the most egregious example. | |
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Hot for Preacher | |
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Hot for Preacher: Averted, but see Sexy Priest trope below | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: Anna is in a secret relationship with Jake and Brian is in love with her and unaware of the relationship. | |
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Ironic Echo Cut | |
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Ironic Echo Cut: Used after Jake's attempt to liven up his Shabbat service by having the Harlem Gospel Choir perform 'Ein Keloheinu' | |
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Alliterative Name | |
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Alliterative Name: Rachel Rose (Rena Sofer). | |
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The Bartender | |
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The Bartender: Pauly, who accordingly listens to Brian's story and dispenses advice when he's finished. | |
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Good-Times Montage | |
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There's a Good-Times Montage showing Brian, Jake and Anna hanging out together. Overlaps as a Falling-in-Love Montage, as it also covers Jake and Anna falling in love. | |
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I Have No Son! | |
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I Have No Son!: Jake's mom disowns his older brother Ethan after he marries a Catholic girl. Although it's ultimately revealed that she's at least attempted to reconcile with Ethan, who isn't willing to accept it. | |
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Vow of Celibacy | |
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Vow of Celibacy: Brian, a Catholic priest, develops feelings for his childhood friend, Anna. He falsely convinces himself that his feelings reciprocated, and wonders about his future in the church. In fact, Anna is in a secret relationship with their mutual friend (who's a rabbi, but they have different rules). | |
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Nice Jewish Boy | |
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Nice Jewish Girl: Jake is under pressure from his mother and his synagogue to find a Jewish wife. Truth in Television, as Judaism is passed down the generations through matrilineal descent. Jake's brother Ethan is disowned by his mother because he married a non-Jew. | |
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Cool Teacher | |
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Cool Teacher: Jake, when he's helping a young member of his congregation learn a Haftarah for his Bar Mitzvah. | |
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Good Shepherd | |
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Good Shepherd: Brian does charity and community work and is obviously well-loved by his flock. In the scene where Brian talks about why he became a priest, we see him as a kid bringing coffees to what appear to be trans sex workers Jake is popular with his congregation and helping Brian to set up a joint Jewish-Catholic community centre. | |
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Blasphemous Boast | |
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Blasphemous Boast: Anna says, "I work harder than God. If He had hired me, He would have made the world by Thursday." | |
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Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation | |
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Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation: The audience never exactly knows what Anna's job is, other than that it's in business or management. Brian describes it as 'analysing synergies or synergising analogies' | |
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Sexy Priest | |
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Sexy Priest: Lampshaded by Anna in a conversation with Brian: | |
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Romantic False Lead | |
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Romantic False Lead: Rachel Rose is this for Jake- although their double date with Brian and Anna goes reasonably well, it becomes clear that Jake is far more attracted to Anna, and after dropping Rachel back at her place, he goes straight to Anna's apartment and a Sexy Discretion Shot ensues. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: | |
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Asian Speekee Engrish | |
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Asian Speekee Engrish: Dang, the proprietor of the karaoke store, begins his negotiation with Brian and Jake over the price of the karaoke machine by putting on an extremely thick stereotypical Asian accent. When they get a bit more serious he abruptly drops it and starts speaking with an American accent. | |
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