Jonah Feingold’s ’31 Candles’ reinvents the bar mitzvah movie for late bloomers

Jonah Feingold’s ’31 Candles’ reinvents the bar mitzvah movie for late bloomers

A 31-year-old finally having his bar mitzvah sounds like a throwaway joke in a Netflix rom-com. In “31 Candles,” it’s the whole point. 

The film follows Leo Kadner, a Jewish New York director who spends his days making…

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