Bad Shabbos- Friday night dinner like no other

 BAD SHABBOS - in honour of Shabbat dinner - will open on Thursday, May 22 for a week at:

• Toronto/North York - Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk 
• Toronto - Cineplex Cinemas Varsity and VIP
• Vancouver - Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Click here for the most up-to-date theatrical rollout.

BAD SHABBOS

DIRECTED BY

Daniel Robbins

WRITTEN BY

Zack Weiner and Daniel Robbins

STARRING

Kyra Sedgwick (Ellen), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Jordan), Jon Bass (David), Milana Vayntrub (Abby), David Paymer (Richard), Meghan Leathers (Meg), Theo Taplitz (Adam), Ashley Zukerman (Benjamin)

Year: 2025 - Run Time: 84 minutes - Genre: Comedy

Kyra Sedgwick and David Paymer

After watching a bunch of really heavy and depressing documentaries from Hot Docs this year, I needed a pace change.  I jumped at watching this film as soon as it appeared in my inbox.  

The title got me, BAD SHABBOS.  If you know any dysfunctional families that insist on having Friday night Shabbos meals, you will know the dynamic of this family.

This is somewhat of a stereotype of a New York Jewish family about to be blended with a Christian family.  David and Meg are filled with anxiety at the thought of their parents meeting for the first time over Shabbat dinner at David's parents' home in New York.  Included in the family dinner are David's sister and troubled brother, along with his sister's bad boyfriend.

In a series of bad decisions and comedy of errors, one by one, each of the family members gets involved in hiding a secret accident before Meg's parents arrive for dinner.  Even the friendly concierge of the building becomes involved.  In a scene-stealing performance by Cliff "Method Man" Smith whose quick thinking ends up saving the day and bonding the whole family over the shared tragedy.

You know it's going to be good when you have Kyra Sedgwick and David Paymer playing husband and wife.

This film was a fun "oh no"  what are they going to do now, ride.  

This film has a bunch of great directors' influences from Woody Allen, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols, and Neil Simon, all mashed up together.  

This film was shown at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, and I hope it gets a decent wide release because we need to see more movies like this that are reminiscent of movies from the 70's and 80's with interesting characters and crazy plots.

Trailer:

BAD SHABBOS