A Moral Comedy

This was the debut movie for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It also represents the first big screen leading role for Patricia Arquette. The movie features other familiar faces tinged with nostalgia. It shines light on conservative Hutterite communities that exist in North America. It challenges overly-broad generalizations about society and widely accepted social norms, as the young Joseph Gordon-Levitt must marry his brothers wife according to a literal interpretation of scripture. It is a plot that makes the movie, by modern standards, taboo but has entertainment value for those who were alive back then to step back in time and remember when the world seemed unfathomably complex.

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