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When Do We Eat? (2005)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 22

A crass, sitcom-ish holiday comedy, When Do We Eat? presents all the over-the-top dysfunctional family hijinks one would expect from the genre.

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 12

A crass, sitcom-ish holiday comedy, When Do We Eat? presents all the over-the-top dysfunctional family hijinks one would expect from the genre.

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An old-fashioned Jewish father vows to bring his stubborn family together after being slipped a dose of ecstasy during the annual Passover celebration in director Salvador Litvak's psychedelic Seder comedy. Family patriarch Ira Stuckman (Michael Lerner) has taken a few tips from his hard-nosed father, Arthur (Jack Klugman), when it comes to matters of the family. A strict disciplinarian with little tolerance for tomfoolery, stubborn Ira is insistent that the whole family come together for the

R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Salvador Litvak

In Theaters: Apr 7, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Aug 22, 2006

Box Office:$0.4M

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Litvak's movie almost immediately barges across the line separating the comically absurd from the outright obnoxious.

May 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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Manages to be broad, mawkish and mean-spirited all at once.

May 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Jason Anderson

Globe and Mail

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A haunting and disturbing film.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

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This abrasive Passover comedy-drama is extremely difficult to sit through, and if its makers weren't all Jewish, it would be considered anti-Semitic.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

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... worth a look.

April 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Nancy Churnin

Dallas Morning News

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Oh, what a distasteful film.

April 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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There's something very sweet and real beneath all the bluster, braggadocio, disgust and denial, pushing through as improbably and miraculously as Moses through the Red Sea.

February 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

We're basically left with a wild-eyed group of actors who probably had a lot more fun shooting When Do We Eat? than they did watching it.

October 25, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

even with all the strange impractical goings on, as with all in this recent string of popular entertainment culled from authentic orthodoxy, there are moments of sheer breathtaking joy that elevate the spirit of a Jew by speaking to their core.

August 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

Thanks to a great cast and sharp writing, When Do We Eat? is a clever comedy with plenty of black humour and irreverence, all of which leads to contemplative thought.

May 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

Despite the fact that the meal served is kosher, the recipe is so hammy that the movie proves pretty indigestible.

April 21, 2006 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

But even the film's seeming singularity proves deceptive once it becomes apparent that When Do We Eat? is less a Passover movie than a Thanksgiving or Christmas movie dolled up in Jewish drag.

April 20, 2006 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

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