Jew Movie Review: "Holy Rollers"

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Looks like the J-Tribers want to celebrate their Scams and money making schemes with a movie... while presented as "moral dilemma" film, it really looks like another "smirky" sick inside joke to a soundtrack...with quotes from the Talmud... where's a ghetto when you need one...IMHO --CSR

Holy Rollers

Holy Rollers is a 2010 independent drama film written and directed by Kevin Asch, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor, Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip and Jason Fuchs. Holy Rollers is inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.


Plot

Holy Rollers is inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg), a young Hasid from an Orthodox Brooklyn community reluctantly follows the path his family has chosen for him, awaiting a pending arranged marriage and studying to become a rabbi. A charming neighbor, Yosef Zimmerman (Justin Bartha), senses Sam's resistance and propositions him to transport 'medicine' for Jackie (Danny A. Abeckaser), an Israeli dealer, and his girlfriend, Rachel (Ari Graynor). Sam quickly demonstrates his business skill to his bosses, who instantly take Sam under their wing. Now exposed to the exciting and gritty worlds of Manhattan and Amsterdam nightlife, Sam begins to spiral deeper into their detrimental lifestyle, experimenting with ecstasy and then falling for Rachel. As the business grows, Sam's double life begins to rip his family apart and the community becomes suspicious of his illegal activities. Sam slowly comes to realize the truth behind the façade of easy money and parties. Caught between life as a smuggler and the path back to God, Sam goes on the run, forced to make a fatal decision that could bring the entire operation crashing down.

Title

The film's title is a reference to the protagonist's religious character and to the slang term "rolling" describing a person high on ecstasy. Incongruously, the film's title is also a phrase most commonly applied to Pentecostal Christians, often derisively in reference to their ecstatic behavior, but is not commonly used of Jews (like the film's protagonist) or other non-Christians.
[edit] Cast

    * Jesse Eisenberg as Sam Gold
    * Justin Bartha as Yosef Zimmerman
    * Ari Graynor as Rachel
    * Danny Abeckaser as Jackie
    * Q-Tip as Ephraim
    * Jason Fuchs as Leon Zimmerman
    * Mark Ivanir as Mendel Gold'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Rollers

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http://holyrollersfilm.com/

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