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'The Tollbooth': Predictable bridge-and-tunnel fare
by Hap Erstein

A quirk of scheduling pits a small, ethnic family comedy, The Tollbooth, against the first waves of summer blockbusters, but this derivative first feature by writer-director Debra Kirschner would probably have difficulty grabbing attention even if it had no competition at the multiplex. Better than When Do We Eat?, but a few notches below Keeping Up With the Steins, this tale of a tradition-steeped Jewish family in Brooklyn with three grown daughters is an amiable, but predictable sitcom. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Sarabeth Cohen leaves her overbearing Brooklyn family and moves across the water to Manhattan. Taking a job as a waitress and determined to make a splash in the art world, Sarabeth finds it difficult to shake off family members who continue to meddle in her affairs.

FILM FACTS ...

Shakti Productions

'The Tollbooth'

Director: Debra Kirschner
Starring: Marla Sokoloff, Tovah Feldshuh, Ronald Guttman, Idina Menzel, Liz Stauber, Rob McElhenney
Run time: 84 minutes
Release date: Feb. 6, 2006
Rating: Not rated; includes minor sexual references.
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The Palm Beach Post: C
"Unless you have avoided the films of Woody Allen, Sex and the City and Fiddler on the Roof, chances are you have heard most of this before."