Holy Matrimony (1994)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Leonard Nimoy

Writers (WGA):

David Weisberg (written by) &
Douglas Cook (written by)

Release Date:

8 April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

The hilariously sexy comedy!

Plot:

A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.

Plot Keywords:

Amish | Young Boy | Independent Film

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Havana
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Ezekiel
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Wilhelm
Tate Donovan	...	Peter
John Schuck	...	Markowski
Lois Smith	...	Orna
Courtney B. Vance	...	Cooper
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Link
Richard Riehle	...	Greeson
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Female Officer
Alaine Byrne	...	Bar Woman
Dan Cossolini	...	Bartender
Lori Alan	...	Cleopatra
Jess Schwidde	...	Samuel
Frank Novak	...	Teacher

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Great Falls, Montana, USA

Company:

Aurora Productions LLC

Goofs:

Continuity: At the hotel, Zeke is told to get a room key. As he tries various doors, we see that they are operated by key cards. When his wife meets him in the lobby, she hands him the room key which is metal and dangling from a keychain, although there would have been no way he could have used that to open the room door.

Quotes:

Female Officer: Welcome to the U.S. of A.
Ezekiel: Thank you.
Female Officer: Do you have anything to declare?
Ezekiel: [stammering] We're visiting family in Montana for the day... visiting family in Montana for the day...
Female Officer: Okay, I heard you the first time. Do you have anything to declare?
Ezekiel: [confused] Um... family... in Montana... for the day...
Female Officer: [realizes that Zeke doesn't understand the question] Do you have anything to DECLARE? Anything you want to tell me?
Ezekiel: [thinks he's been caught] Alright, my brother robbed a fair!
[starts freaking out]
Ezekiel: Rats! In my face! All night long! I don't wanna go to jail! I hate face rats!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Amusing comedy about a couple hidden in a religious community

The movie concerns on a thieves pair named Havana and Peter(Patricia Arquette, Tate Donovan) rob a country fair proprietary(Richard Riehle)and fled to only place where no one look for them. Both determine which the best way to avoid detection is to blend with the Hutterite community, an Amish-alike society and where Peter was raised by his parents(Armin Mueller Stahl, Lois Smith). Peter hides his loot in a secret hiding location, but then he soon dies in a car crash. His little boy brother named Ezequiel(Joseph Gordon Lewitt) is called to replace him and marry to Havana. She has to adjust to the new life style and his feeling for the boy. And end up interwoven a sensitive undercurrent of caring and she learns how to love all over again. Meanwhile, they're pursued by two agents(John Schuck, Courtney Vance).

This is an enjoyable comedy with good feeling, entertaining, agreeable humor and language is suitable for all. The main issue about this movie is from how she tries to adapt the new life whilst keeping up the presence of being a good woman . It's enough remarkable in portraying the Hutterite way of life sympathetically and the likable relationship of the juvenile marriage. It's understandable why it was not great success in the theatre, as it has not spectacular special effects , isn't a blockbuster , but for the television set , its's just what is required. The film takes parts here and there from ¨Witness¨(Peter Weir with Harrison Ford) and ¨For richer and poorer¨(Bryan Spicer with Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley). Colorful cinematography by Bukowski and emotive musical score by Bruce Broughton. The motion picture is professionally directed by the famous Leonard Nimoy, Spock . He's a good director of comedy-drama(Good mother, Funny about love, 3 men and a baby), Sci-Fi(Star Trek III and V) and occasionally for television(Deadly games,Night gallery, T.J. Hooker). Rating : Average but bemusing.