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My Mexican Shivah

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My Mexican Shivah (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 7

Fresh: 3

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 5.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Aug 29, 2008 Limited

Starring: Blanca Guerra, Martha Roth, Guillermo Murray, Martin LaSalle

Starring: Blanca Guerra, Martha Roth, Guillermo Murray, Martin LaSalle

Director: Alejandro Springall

Director: Alejandro Springall
Story: Alejandro Springall
Studio: Springall Pictures

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An altogether charming study of a dysfunctional (what else!) Jewish family in Mexico City.

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12/29/08
Louis Proyect
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My Mexican Shivah kvetches its way through an insipid vision of cross-cultural conflict.

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08/30/08
Ed Gonzalez
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Being neither Mexican nor Jewish, I imagine I'm the perfect audience for the chaotically cross-cultural ethnography farce of My Mexican Shivah.

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08/30/08
Eric Henderson
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Despite wacky klezmer music on the soundtrack, nothing terribly amusing or unpredictable happens.

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08/29/08
Kyle Smith
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Who needs subtitles when you can speak the universal language of stereotypes?

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08/29/08
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Repurposing 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.

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08/29/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Alejandro 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.

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08/27/08
Andrew Sarris
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