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When Do We Eat?

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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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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 Full Review Jason Anderson Globe and Mail Manages to be broad, mawkish and mean-spirited all at once. Rated: 1.5/4 May 5, 2006 Full Review Claudia Puig USA Today A haunting and disturbing film. Rated: 3/4 May 4, 2006 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member makes me hungry just thinkin about it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Salvador Litvak

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Lesley Ann Warren

Peggy Stuckman

Michael Lerner

Ira Stuckman

Max Greenfield

Ethan

Shiri Appleby

Nikki

Mili Avital

Vanessa

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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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