One Big Happy Family

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On her 40th birthday, Rachel is grappling with a looming mid-life crisis and the nerve-wracking task of delivering a speech at her daughter's Bat Mitzvah. But when a DNA test unexpectedly reveals that she's only half-Jewish and her beloved father isn't her biological parent, Rachel's life is thrown into disarray, and suddenly, she's embarking on a hilarious journey with her eccentric mother to find out who she really is.

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Kenneth R. Morefield

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The film feels a little too afraid to let Rachel be angry or to show anyone being unlikable.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 10, 2025

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

A mildly amusing Jewish family flick whose only reason to see is as final film of the incomparable Linda Lavin. In a role written for her, she plays the ultimate Brooklyn-born Jewish mother. Brenner wrote, stars in and produced a comic version from life.

Rated: 5/10

Oct 7, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

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basically a sitcom expanded to feature length, but its bland yet comparatively radical depiction of a multicultural, multireligious family who feels as if they belong in the twentieth first century lands in an emotionally resonant heartwarming way

Oct 5, 2025

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Simi Horwitz

The Forward

The hallmark of the film is the joyous merging of old comic Jewish stereotypes — think overbearing but well-meaning matriarch — with new comic Jewish stereotypes.

Oct 3, 2025

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Overstuffed and undercooked with on-the-nose dialogue and not enough wit or emotional depth. However, Linda Lavin, in her final performance, grounds the film with her genuine warmth whenever she's on screen. She's One Big Happy Family's MVP.

Oct 1, 2025

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See A Lot

A surprisingly very good movie that raises interesting questions about how to react to unexpected news.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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Gertrudis R

very down to earth, family movie, to understand what the meaning of a real father is.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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jesse v

So the director wanted to mix a Jewish tradition with the family entanglement and woes. The problem is, no one in this movie takes themselves seriously, except for the main character. And somehow the grandmother has to be with her in EVERY scene of the movie, as a comedic relief. The daughters exist just as the staple Gen Z banter that does not add anything to the plot. The funniest part is how a brother gets discovered and does not interact with ANYONE in the family, but still shows up at the end. Ba hum bug my ba mitzvah.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/03/25

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STU L

This film may have been a bit too sentimental in conveying the message that family is more about love than it is about biology, but I was moved by it. When she learns that her biological "father" was a sperm donor, the main character mistakenly believes that he was her real father. Also, someone should have told her that she was not "half Jewish," since the child of a Jewish mother is considered fully Jewish--there is no such thing as being "half Jewish." However, the by the end of the film, she reaches the point where she finds her family has grown rather than being diminished, and she is reconciled with her mother. I also liked the fact that--like many religiously intermarried people whom I know personally--the non-Jewish father supports the daughter's decision to have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/08/25

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Sarah C

I've had bad luck with movies lately. This one was awful. The lead actress can't act her way out of a paper bag. And her character is so selfish. Two people left the theater 20 mins in. Another person at 45 mins. I left at an hour. The writing was also terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/25

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On her 40th birthday, Rachel is grappling with a looming mid-life crisis and the nerve-wracking task of delivering a speech at her daughter's Bat Mitzvah. But when a DNA test unexpectedly reveals that she's only half-Jewish and her beloved father isn't her biological parent, Rachel's life is thrown into disarray, and suddenly, she's embarking on a hilarious journey with her eccentric mother to find out who she really is.

Director: Matt Sohn
Producer: Lisa Brenner, Grace Lay
Screenwriter: Lisa Brenner
Distributor: Electric Entertainment
Production Co: OBHF
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 23m