Of this, The Road and Invictus, all of which left me with very little to say, this I’m sure is the one I’m most likely to see again some time and get much more out than I did here on a first viewing. I realised only recently that the reason I probably grew a little tired of this one is because I’ve been spending a lot of my time so far this year catching up on the whole of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” series. I’ve watched the whole 7 seasons in a little over 2 weeks. And the basic flow of this movie really feels a lot like an episode of that show, only not nearly as funny and provocative. In place of what’s missing is an introspective look at what might be the reason such things happen to the seemingly nicest of people. On a first watch, like I said, I just didn’t see the appeal it seems to have had for others. It’s a remarkably uneventful movie, the implications of its message being equally remarkable in their lack of consequence. But it’s far more watchable than those other movies that left me cold, and I look forward to seeing if a second viewing is more rewarding.

Tags: black comedy, Jews, religion

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