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In ‘31 Candles,’ a manchild becomes bar mitzvah to court his crush

JL;DR SUMMARY 31 Candles, a rom-com directed, written, and starring Jonah Feingold, follows Leo Kadner as he awkwardly pursues a childhood crush by belatedly preparing for a bar mitzvah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Woody AllenJewish StereotypesNew YorkBar MitzvahJewish FilmRomantic ComedyNora EphronCultural Humor31 CandlesJonah Feingold

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"a jar of pickles in the kitchen of our heros Brooklyn apartment."
New York, United States
"New York is a character!"
Florida, United States
"in the Village and at Movies of Delray in Florida would suggest an older crowd."

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