Manages to be broad, mawkish and mean-spirited all at once.
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05/05/06
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When Do We Eat? (2006)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:15
Rotten:22
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:Apr 7, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $362,889
Synopsis: WHEN DO WE EAT? is the story of the world's fastest Passover seder that is anything but. On this night, secrets will be revealed, fantasies fulfilled, barriers brokendown and some food might be... [More]
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman, Michael Lerner, Adam Lamberg
Director: Salvador Litvak
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Reviews for When Do We Eat?
Top CriticThanks 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.
05/05/06
A self-consciously zany dysfunctional family comedy, When Do We Eat? strains so hard to be outrageous that it sacrifices characters for caricatures. They might have had something if they'd let everybody relax, be themselves and enjoy dinner.
04/07/06
Top Critic... worth a look.
04/28/06
Top CriticAnother entry in indiedom's contest to create the most dysfunctional family.
04/17/06
Top CriticWhen Do We Eat? isn't a great film or, necessarily, a particularly good one, but it's a worthy attempt at making an entertaining movie about faith.
04/07/06
When Do We Eat? takes place before, during and after a Passover Seder. But you don't have to be Jewish to savor this light and enjoyable comedy.
04/06/06
In this distasteful film from Salvador Litvak, a Jewish family tries to race through a Seder, but drug use, possible incest and some jokes at the expense of the autistic slow them down.
04/07/06
Top Criticeven 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.
08/16/06
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.
05/04/06
Top CriticUnfunny Semitic caricatures. Even worse than 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.'
04/04/06
[Director] Litvak crams so many earth-shattering revelations and long-buried resentments into 93 minutes that the film feels as if it's struggling to provide something recognizable to every potential ticket buyer.
04/07/06
...genuinely funny.
04/06/06
While it does have some sweet moments and a handful of zingy one-liners, the film all too often resembles a trite dinner theater play that's been minimally 'opened up' for the screen.
04/07/06
Crass, chaotic comedy.
04/21/06
Top CriticA cute little Matzoh of a movie.
04/21/06
Top CriticThere'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.
02/06/07
Cliches and loud stereotypes as fresh as year-old matzoh infest When Do We Eat?, a farce about a wildly dysfunctional Los Angeles family's disastrous Passover Seder.
04/07/06
Top CriticNot recomended for the Goyim.
04/11/06
Though the script never rises above sitcom-style one-liners and sight gags, strong performances invest both the jokes and the syrupy moments of forgiveness and reconciliation with no small measure of, yes, heart.
04/07/06
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