Product Details

• Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsan, Matt Bardock, Gregg Sulkin, Thomas Drewson
• Directors: Paul Weiland
• Producers: Sixty Six
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00106469O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,627 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Greek ( Subtitles ), Hebrew ( Subtitles ), Icelandic ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Romanian ( Subtitles ), Slovenian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: It is the summer of 66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. However, Bernie's family are increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their wayward older son, and the scale of Bernie's Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie's longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster. ...Sixty Six

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brief comment, March 22, 2009

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magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sixty Six (DVD)

This is a very quirky and oddly engrossing film about an eccentric Jewish family and the events leading up to their son's bar mitzvah. But as the previous writer said, you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this film, because it's a very light-hearted and funny film with a lot of appeal. When he inadvertently schedules his bar mitzvah for the day England is competing for the World Cup in soccer, the boy becomes obsessed with trying to make sure he gets a good turnout for his party despite the competition of the World Cup--and despite the fact that he's possibly picked the worst day in several decades for his party. I saw this film by chance on a plane flight but had never even heard of it and probably would never had seen it if not for that, but it's a true sleeper that's worth a look.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars love actually at a bar mitzvah, March 14, 2009

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Reuben Gee "finding small gems for you since ... (Santa Monica, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sixty Six (DVD)

If you missed this sleeper, it is well worth the price. From the creators of Love Actually, 4 Weddings and a Funeral and other recent British crowd pleasers, you don't have to be Jewish to love this movie- but it couldn't hurt. Charming true tale finds a cute nerd's bar mitzvah fall on the same day that the Brits made it to the World Cup Finals for the first time. Don't miss it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended coming of age comedy, April 3, 2011

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Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sixty Six (DVD)

A charming, funny and heartwarming story about a working class Jewish family in 1966 England. Bernie Rubens (Gregg Sulkin) looks forward to his bar mitzvah being a big success remembering how he was upstaged by the bar mitzvah of his older brother. but potential financial ruin, a house fire and the injury of his uncle preoccupy Bernies parents played by Helena Bonham Carter, who carries off the role as Bernies mother with quirky charm (her usual splendid self) and Eddie Marsan.
Most significantly Bernies' bar mitzvah coincides with the day of the world cup final and Bernie knows if England makes it to the final his Bar mitzvah will be ruined. sure enough England does make it and relatives and friends call in one after the other feigning all sorts of excuses, and it look really bleak for Bernie, but it will end in an upbeat note which I wont reveal so as not to spoil the ending.
Quirky, humorous, avoids stereotypes, shows how Jews can be ordinary working class people in Britain, to the film's credit and also will appeal to people of any background as well as Jewish people. Based on the actual coinciding of the director's Bar Mitzvah with England's stunning 1966 world cup victory, and a highly recommended coming of age comedy.