The premise of this movie is absurd... beautiful women are not drawn to shy, quiet, awkward, unkempt guys who barely try -- let alone someone from an unfamiliar community. And just for a friendly passing of paper... or after a day in Israel. And they don't continue to do all the leading and initiating. These scenes with Laura and Yael were so unbelievable, cringy, and over-the-top... like an religious Jewish teenager's wet dream.
The Jewish mother stereotype was way overblown throughout and the father's silence and acceptance at almost everything, including his son's near rejection of Judaism and going against religious laws was not realistic. As others have said, neither were the Sabbath dinner/morning after scenes.
I know many formerly religious Jews and things just happened way too quickly in 2 hours to be believable as well -- people who leave the religion entirely or become less-religious have serious reasons, experiences, or deep questions that lead them to do so, and this can take years or even decades. We never saw anything serious that Motti was questioning or struggling with, other than his overbearing mother and trying to find a beautiful girl -- the moment he found one, he threw everything out the window instantly. Again, this just doesn't happen... certainly not so neatly/cleanly/simply/quickly.
It tried to be cute and had a neatly-wrapped ending... but was just so unbelievable and cringy throughout.
The Jewish mother stereotype was way overblown throughout and the father's silence and acceptance at almost everything, including his son's near rejection of Judaism and going against religious laws was not realistic. As others have said, neither were the Sabbath dinner/morning after scenes.
I know many formerly religious Jews and things just happened way too quickly in 2 hours to be believable as well -- people who leave the religion entirely or become less-religious have serious reasons, experiences, or deep questions that lead them to do so, and this can take years or even decades. We never saw anything serious that Motti was questioning or struggling with, other than his overbearing mother and trying to find a beautiful girl -- the moment he found one, he threw everything out the window instantly. Again, this just doesn't happen... certainly not so neatly/cleanly/simply/quickly.
It tried to be cute and had a neatly-wrapped ending... but was just so unbelievable and cringy throughout.