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Beau Jest: Directed by James Sherman. With Seymour Cassel, Robyn Cohen, Greg Cromer, Tony Daly. When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams.
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- Comedy, Romance
- James Sherman
- 2008-02-22
Summary. Sarah is a nice Jewish girl with a problem: her parents want her married to a nice Jewish boy. They have never met her boyfriend, a WASP executive named Chris Kringle. She tells them she is dating a Jewish doctor and they insist on meeting him.
Aug 25, 2011 · Well, you’ll get no soup or slippers at Beau Jest, but you will be glad you got away from home for this old-fashioned, classic Jewish-American comedy that allows you to stop worrying about your 401K and enjoy a night in the theater.
- Jeanne Hartman
Sarah asks for a Jewish boy and gets Bob Schneider, an out of work actor who suddenly discovers that, rather than taking her out for a meal, he has to play her new beau at a dinner for Abe's birthday. Then, despite the sound of his Polish name, it turns out he's not Jewish.
Aug 18, 2014 · Beau Jest is the charming story of Sarah Goldman, a kindergarten teacher who is reluctant to let her boyfriend meet her parents because he isn’t Jewish. Instead, she hires a man named Bob to pretend to be “David,” the ideal boyfriend (that is, wealthy, educated, and—most importantly—Jewish) for family get-togethers.
Synopsis. Sarah is a nice Jewish girl with a problem: her parents want her married to a nice Jewish boy. They have never met her boyfriend, a WASP executive named Chris Kringle. She tells them she is dating a Jewish doctor, and they insist on meeting him.
May 29, 2008 · Plot: When Sarah Goldman (Lara Pulver), a lovely young school teacher wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend that she believes will be the man of her mother’s dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob (Adam Rayner), an actor, to pretend to be her “beau”.