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Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

If you have to believe in something, you may as well believe in love.

20006.12h 7m

Overview

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Directed by Edward Norton
Written by Stuart Blumberg
Produced by Stuart Blumberg, Hawk Koch, Edward Norton
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $59.9M

Top Cast

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller

Rabbi Jake Schram

Edward Norton

Edward Norton

Father Brian Finn

Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman

Anna Riley

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

Ruth Schram

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Rabbi Ben Lewis

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

Larry Friedman

Miloš Forman

Miloš Forman

Father Havel

Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor

Bonnie Rose

Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein

Ali Decker

Brian George

Brian George

Paulie Chopra, the Sikh Catholic Muslim with Jewish in-laws who owns an Irish Pub

Themes & Keywords

love trianglerabbiromcompriestcatholicism

About Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith is a comedy, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of love triangle, rabbi, romcom, priest, catholicism. Directed by Edward Norton, it stars Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman. Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

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