The Tollbooth

The Tollbooth
The Tollbooth
Directed by	Debra Kirschner
Written by	Debra Kirschner
Starring	Marla Sokoloff
Release date	2004;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Tollbooth is a 2004 coming-of-age film directed by Debra Kirschner and starring Marla Sokoloff.^[1] The plot concerns a young artist struggling to forge her own identity in the big city, while her Jewish parents keep watch from just over the bridge in Brooklyn.

Plot[]

Recently out of art school, Sarabeth (Marla Sokoloff) gets a job as a waitress and begins her struggle as a New York City artist. With her angsty and cynical personality, she doesn't have much patience for her family—a nagging mother, a father who is always misquoting Kafka, one sister who just got pregnant with her sweet but dopey husband, and another sister who is 'perfect' until she announces she's a lesbian at Rosh Hashanah dinner. Her boyfriend Simon (Rob Mcelhenney)'s choice to live in the suburbs with a great sound system instead of hip and unpredictable New York has given Sarabeth doubts about their future together. She uses her canvas as an escape, where she can make sense of it all. Though frustrated that she grew up being constantly reminded of relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust and how much she hates going to synagogue, she's forced to integrate Judaism into her modern life.

When she overhears a guest at a 4th of July barbecue make an anti-Semitic comment, she realizes she doesn't want to fit it in to this crowd, and that she is proud of her heritage.

Cast[]

Marla Sokoloff as Sarabeth Cohen
Tovah Feldshuh as Ruthie Cohen
Ronald Guttman as Isaac Cohen
Idina Menzel as Raquel Cohen-Flaxman
Rob McElhenney as Simon Stanton
Jayce Bartok as Howie Flaxma
Liz Stauber as Becky Cohen
Vanessa Ferlito as Gina

References[]

^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (February 2006). "The Tollbooth - Movie - Review - NY Times". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

"The Tollbooth - A Film By Debra Kirschner". The Tollbooth Film. April 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-12-20. Retrieved July 3, 2006.
"The Tollbooth - ComingSoon.net Film Database". comingsoon.net. February 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

External links[]

[The_Tollbooth-_Movie-Review-The_New_York_Times-1] Catsoulis, Jeannette (February 2006). "The Tollbooth - Movie - Review - NY Times". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

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