The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick poster

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!

6.0(7)19881h 35m1

The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both synagogue leaders-are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own. Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$317
Language
English
  • canada
  • winter
  • mine
  • classical music
  • piano lessons
  • rabbi
  • bar mitzvah
  • judaism
  • prairie
  • rural area
  • religious differences
  • teenage romance

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Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical19 Jan 1990
    • Theatrical (limited)Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival12 Jan 1991
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical16 Sept 1988

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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick was released on 16 September 1988.

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