Starting too many narrative threads at once, writer-director Eric Steel and co-writer Daniel Pearle (adapting from the short story by David Bezmozgis) load David’s self-discovery with the lingering trauma of the Holocaust, the AIDS epidemic, James Baldwin’s legacy, and an underlying crisis of faith, overwhelming the film’s thematic bandwidth. While helping his grandfather (Ron Rifkin) secure housing, the boy’s horizons broaden in the embrace of other men who love men: one of kinship with two elderly widowers who’ve made a life together, and another of sexual initiation with stoic bartender Bruno (Alex Hurt). Levine, “The Inheritance” on Broadway) no longer fits in at his traditional yeshiva school. Titled after a tenet in Judaism that demands the presence of at least 10 males for public prayer and other religious practices, the queer coming-of-age drama “Minyan” interrogates the interlocked spiritual and social dynamics of Brighton Beach’s Eastern European Jewish population in the mid-1980s with tonal and visual solemnity.ĭrowning a secret with vodka stolen from his Russian mother’s supply, gentle teenager David ( Samuel H. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials. The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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