The film follows the story of Sam Gold (Jesse Eisenberg), a 20-year-old moderate Orthodox Jew. Over time, this man began to follow more challenges because of the moderate community as he faced the danger of being ostracized from his religious community because of his older brother.
The one and only problem I had with HOLY ROLLERS was the pacing. I found myself getting slightly bored and at times, looking at my watch. I'm sure it's not easy to mesh Orthodox Judaism and Ecstasy, but Asch did a pretty good job.
It's not a terrible movie, but all the way through you feel as if you've already seen it.
Jason Solomons
Observer (UK)
July 10, 2011
It's a surprisingly cool little film, not funny at all but rather seriously torn between the secular and the sacred, a conflict Eisenberg expresses with a neurotic intensity.
The scenes of family conflict are sketchily dramatized. We never get to the place where the two parts of Sam's personality meet -- the devoted son and sharp-dealing criminal.
