Fresh
Profane, shockingly un-PC and often laugh-out-loud hilarious, this is the sort of parody that the folks who made the Airplane and Naked Gun movies used to make -- funny.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The Hebrew Hammer
Part man. Part street. 100% Kosher.
2003 · 1h 21m · R
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Jonathan Kesselman
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The Hebrew Hammer
Overview
When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life," it's up to the Hebrew Hammer to save the day. Together with Mohammed, head of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front, the Hammer takes no prisoners in his quest to hunt down the renegade Santa and make the holiday season safe for all.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Kesselman Director
- Adam Goldberg as Mordechai Jefferson Carver
- Judy Greer as Esther Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- Andy Dick as Damian Claus
- Mario Van Peebles as Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim
- Peter Coyote as JJL Chief Bloomenbergensteinenthal
- Nora Dunn as Mrs. Carver
- Sean Whalen as Tiny Tim
- Tony Cox as Jamal
- Richard Riehle as Santa
- Melvin Van Peebles as Sweetback
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Kesselman keeps the movie crackling with the raucous energy absent since Mel Brooks' heyday.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
Desperation is the project's principal quality.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Fresh
The movie hits as much as it misses, with enough witty observations to ensure that somewhere, Kesselman's mother is kvelling.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Kesselman's thin script generally is funniest when it's riffing on Jewish stereotypes and goyish bigotry.
David Rooney, Variety
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