Whoever said thirteen was an unlucky number has not seen Keeping up with the Steins, a comical look inside the twisted world of over the top bar mitzvah planning in a rich Los Angeles suburb.

This film pokes fun at the ridiculous lengths some people will go to try and outdo their fellow Jews with elaborate reception themes, celebrities in attendance, film crews, and fancy gourmet spreads. In some places, bar and bat mitzvahs have now become full-fledged red carpet events. Do you remember that whole Torah thing and becoming an adult member of the Jewish community? That is all just an afterthought–a WAY- afterthought, for the Fiedler and Stein families. A big mazal tov to Scott Marshall, the director, who while mocking this surreal world, somehow manages to make Keeping up with the Steins a heartwarming family story.

Jeremy Piven is perfection as Adam Fiedler, a father who gets caught up in the bar mitzvah frenzy, losing sight of what it's all really about. In an attempt to surpass his rival and neighbor, Arnie Stein, Fiedler hires an over-the-top party planner to coordinate a reception at Dodger Stadium complete with celebrity appearances and no expenses spared.

His more restrained son, Benjamin Fiedler, played by an awkwardly sweet Daryl Sabara, attempts to re-center his family on the true meaning of his day by plotting to mend the decades-long rift between his father and grandfather. Garry Marshall, as Grandpa Irwin is a true highlight, playing an aging hippie with gray ponytail and camper in tow, not to mention he is the real life father of the film's director. Talk about family values!

Doris Roberts is Rose, Daryl's grandmother and Irwin's estranged wife, and as far as Jewish grandmothers go, her guilt trips are a breeze. Best part of the film? The chemistry between those two grandparents–seriously! Even Jaron Lowenstein of the music duo Evan and Jaron has a small part as the dreamy temple cantor, and there are more celebrity cameos, but of course you will have to see for yourself.

This comedy is chock-full of Jewish humor, Yiddish phrases peppered into conversations, and even some timeless wisdom that will have you smiling throughout. Keeping up with the Steins illuminates the new trend of wealthy parents throwing their children enormous and extravagant receptions for life events. Think MTV's Super Sweet Sixteen, only more.

But the film also shows how rites of passage like Benjamin Fiedler's bar mitzvah are really just chances at bridging the generational gaps that we think are too wide to overcome. Keeping up with the Steins has its share of silliness, balanced with poignant moments that make you want to dig out your bar or bat mitzvah album and reminisce–in other words, the film's got chutzpah, so check it out!

Corey Podell grew up in Florida, went to college in Boston and is now a writer based in Los Angeles. According to legend (and her family's video), Corey fell off the chair in the middle of the hora at her bat mitzvah.