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5.5When 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.
Released: 2003-12-0581 minDir: Jonathan KesselmanAction, ComedyBudget: $2.0MBox office: $94,615
Cast
- 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
Themes
- santa claus
- satire
- hanukkah
- christmas
- action comedy
- jewish
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
5,139 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Peter Coyote
- Producer
- Edward R. Pressman
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 645628
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2003-01-01
- title
- The Hebrew Hammer
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 4.7/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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