An altogether charming study of a dysfunctional (what else!) Jewish family in Mexico City.
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12/29/08
My Mexican Shivah (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 3
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 29, 2008 Limited
Starring: Blanca Guerra, Martha Roth, Guillermo Murray, Martin LaSalle
Director: Alejandro Springall
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My Mexican Shivah kvetches its way through an insipid vision of cross-cultural conflict.
08/30/08
Top CriticBeing neither Mexican nor Jewish, I imagine I'm the perfect audience for the chaotically cross-cultural ethnography farce of My Mexican Shivah.
08/30/08
Despite wacky klezmer music on the soundtrack, nothing terribly amusing or unpredictable happens.
08/29/08
Top CriticWho needs subtitles when you can speak the universal language of stereotypes?
08/29/08
Top CriticRepurposing clichés as springboards to deeper issues...[director Springall] reminds us that ritual can ease reconciliation, and that sometimes even meat and dairy can get along.
08/29/08
Top CriticAlejandro Springall’s My Mexican Shivah is another of the recent examples of the Jewish Diaspora absorbed in the preservation of its identity and its rituals in countries around the world.
08/27/08
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