Movie #135 Holy Rollers *2010*

Jesse Eisenberg - Sam Gold
Justin Bartha - Yosef
Ari Graynor - Rachel
Kevin Asch (Director)

My girlfriend and I have a bit of an inside joke.  While trying to explain if we enjoyed a movie or not we will start by saying "It's a well made movie".  That basicly means that there wasn't anything wrong with the film, but it wasn't entertaining in any way.  It is a polite way to say "I have had more interesting blackouts".

Holy Rollers is a well made movie.  It is the story (based on actual events) of a small gorup of Hasidic Jews in New York that got involved in a drig smuggling ring.  This unlawful organization had them running fack and forth from Europe to NY trafficing Extasy.  Why Hasid's?  Airport security never stopped them.

This film is the first feature of Kevin Asch.  I joke that it is a well made movie, but it really is.  It is not great ever, and it is pretty bland throughout (espicially considering all the potential for excitement, exotic locations and danger) but his techincal skills are there.  You could see that the nothing was done sloppy, it just wasn't interesting.  I mean you have the Hasidic cluture, a branch of Jewism that not many people (including myself) know much about and I feel like I didn't learn anything about their ways or beliefs.  You have a Central Europe drig scene, but the shots in the clubs and with the "gangsters" were sterile and polished.  I wanted gritty and dangerous.

The brightest light in the movie for me was Ari Graynor.  She is a beauty to behold and she did a fine job in the role of the Jewish temptrest.  You might have seen her in Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist or Youth in Revolt. I think she has a bright future in front of her.  I would love to see her oppsite Emma Stone in a female Sherlock Holmes type.  Who am I kidding?  I would watch the two of them in anything!

Jesse Eisenberg (of Social Network fame) is the lead role in this.  He does a fair job with a weak, watered down script.  The other performances aren't really worth mentioning.  They aren't bad, they just aren't very good.  I give Holy Rollers **1/2.  Check out the Trailer Park to see for yourself.