Summaries

One man's mission to follow his dream is comically halted in its tracks at the request of his dear, but difficult, aged Jewish mother who is hell-bent on seeing her warring dysfunctional grown up grandchildren together one last time before she dies.

An up-tight lawyer, Lenny Rubin, (Timothy Spall), has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a Jewish holiday. They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny's eyes, his grown-up children are certainly not even from the same planet: a ruthless control-freak and hard-nosed capitalist, an outspoken, argumentative eco-warrior committed to the cause, an outer-worldly Buddhist Monk; and to cap it all, a bible bashing born-again Rabbi. While they might quarrel, fight, and perhaps even be starting a war in Africa, they are still family. It is going to take a whole lot of soul-searching and sacrifice for everyone to come together in this comic drama.—monterey media inc.

Details

Keywords
  • mission
  • dream
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Family
Release date Oct 20, 2011
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Production companies Balagan Productions Factor Films

Box office

Budget $7500000
Gross US & Canada $13569
Opening weekend US & Canada $734
Gross worldwide $19288

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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