When Do We Eat?

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When Do We Eat?

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Released Apr 14, 2005

1h 27m

Comedy

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Members of the Stuckman family gather for Seder with patriarch Ira (Michael Lerner), an old-fashioned man who pushes his sons as hard as his own father (Jack Klugman) pushed him. Chaos erupts when one of Ira's sons slips him a hit of Ecstasy, turning him into a modern Moses.

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Critics 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.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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

Rated: 2/4

May 5, 2006

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Jason Anderson

Globe and Mail

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

Rated: 1.5/4

May 5, 2006

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

A haunting and disturbing film.

Rated: 3/4

May 4, 2006

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

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.

Feb 6, 2007

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

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.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 25, 2006

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.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.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 16, 2006

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Audience Member

It was funny and relateable, if not a bit over the top. Jack Klugman does a great job making you laugh and feel for him. The cast shows the extreme craziness that can happen in a dysfunctional family.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Good. Not too much to see. The film has ofcourse lots of Jewish terms. It has lots of very funny moments. Overall unless you like watching movies about passover, don't bother.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Very funny. We Jews are very good at making fun of ourselves. Extremely dysfunctional family makes this a classic for Passover.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Oy. A few laughs here early on, but you pay for it in the schmaltz at the end.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

I watched this during pesach and really enjoyed it. This movie with alot of realistic and "over the top" antics mix very well. I could identify with many of the situations and characters since I know a lot of friends and family encounter similar situations. Overall its a pretty funny movie. if you are jewish could you imagine rolling at your seder?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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makes me hungry just thinkin about it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

Members of the Stuckman family gather for Seder with patriarch Ira (Michael Lerner), an old-fashioned man who pushes his sons as hard as his own father (Jack Klugman) pushed him. Chaos erupts when one of Ira's sons slips him a hit of Ecstasy, turning him into a modern Moses.

Director: Salvador Litvak
Producer: Salvador Litvak, Steven J. Wolfe, Horatio C. Kemeny
Screenwriter: Salvador Litvak, Nina Davidovich
Production Co: Sneak Preview Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $428.4K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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