Teachers United In "Arranged" two devout Brooklyn schoolteachers clutch hands across the religious divide as their respective families prepare to marry them off.
Packed with the stereotypes it aspires to challenge, director's well-meaning but oblivious film presents ostensibly modern young women who are nevertheless defined solely by their faith. Too seldom do we see characters so real and performances so sincere. Zoe Lister Jones and Francis Benhamou are enchanting -- they glow with life and beauty!
However, except for the two main characters, the movie stereotypes most of the adults within the religious communities, essentially portraying them as ignorant bigots. Certainly, each community contains its share of narrow minded individuals. However, in portraying entire communities in this manner, the movie was offensive to Orthodox Jews, Muslims, and anyone who intimately knows them.
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