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An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.
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- TriviaAdam Goldberg claims that he knew he had to do this movie as soon as he read the line "Shabbat shalom, motherfuckers!"
- GoofsMordechai is portrayed as a faithful Orthodox Jew, but during a scene with his shirt off, the morning after Mordechai and Esther make love, it's clear that Mordechai has several tattoos, which are forbidden in traditional Judaism. Adam Goldberg has stated in interviews that the only reason for this is that he was too lazy to get up early in the morning to have the makeup artists cover up the tattoos. The tattoos go without comment in the dialogue because, according to director Jonathan Kesselman, the Hebrew Hammer has already gone against tradition by engaging in premarital sex, and so a couple tattoos are nothing compared to that.
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Mordechai Jefferson Carver: Shabbat shalom, motherfuckers!
- Crazy credits"No animals or gentiles were harmed in the making of this movie" appears in the closing credits.
- Alternate versionsWhen the Hebrew Hammer enters the Duke's Nazi bar, he walks over to the Jukebox and plays a song. That song is played through the entire scene. However the Comedy Central and DVD versions of the movie each play a different song for the same scene.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler
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1/2 great beacause of the great gimmick, 2nd half lame because of the gimmick
Jew or not (for purposes of getting the in-jokes), the first half is all hilarious gimmick and a great one at that. We've all wanted to see a bad-ass orthodox jew who talks jive. Why not? The concept is hilarious, and the skits they set up for a while are too because they all juztapose blaxpoitation for jewxpoitation. But there are only so many jokes to be had about stereotypes. the second half runs totally flat. They should have used less obvious jokes in the first half, saved some for the second, and written a more interesting plot through out the entire length of the film. I gave it a 7 (deserves a 5) because of the strong strong start.
BTW, what the hell is wring with so many reviewers out there? Some of the reviews of this movie are ridiculous: best holiday movie, insanely hilarious, best i have ever seen. I mean, this is the '00's... we (especially imdbers) are supposed to be much more sophisticated than people in the '60 and '70's when it comes to films. it is not any of the aforementioned claims, who are writing these things?
BTW, what the hell is wring with so many reviewers out there? Some of the reviews of this movie are ridiculous: best holiday movie, insanely hilarious, best i have ever seen. I mean, this is the '00's... we (especially imdbers) are supposed to be much more sophisticated than people in the '60 and '70's when it comes to films. it is not any of the aforementioned claims, who are writing these things?
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $82,157
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,539
- Dec 21, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $94,615
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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