The Tollbooth
The Tollbooth ★★ 2004
Ernest, cliched comedy follows 22-year-old Sarabeth Cohen (Sokoloff) as she tries to escape what she sees as her smothering Brooklyn Jewish family for the life of a re bellious artist in Manhattan. She even gets a sweet goy boyfriend, Simon (McElhen ney), but familial problems interfere while Sarabeth decides where her life should truly be going. 85m/C DVD . US Marla Sokoloff, Liz Stauber, Rob McElhenney, Idina Menzel, Jayce Bartok, Ronald Guttman, Tovah Feldshuh; D: Debra Kirschner; W: Debra Kirschner; C: Stefan Forbes; M: David Shire.
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