Shiva Baby

Released Apr 2, 2021

1h 17m

Comedy

LGBTQ+

Drama

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While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend.

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Critics Consensus

A ruefully funny calling card for debuting director Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby transcends its sitcom setup with strong performances and satisfying insights.

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Jake P

sharp and hilarious movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/16/23

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Richard M J

I thought the film did an excellent job of creating within me a sense of going nuts growing up in that family So many mixed messages. Total lack of boundaries. So much about appearance! It was not a comfortable film to experience. It was an easy film for someone to walk out of an dismiss - as "I hated that." I think that's the point of the film

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/26/21

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Ross

powerful dark comedy. Highly relatable, anxiety-inducing, important film about a young woman, struggling with career goals and sexual identity, along with her family's constant interrogation of her personal dating life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/21/21

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Alan

Writing and acting are spectacular.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/30/21

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Lisa

Great acting, moments of genius and thoroughly toe-curlingly awkward. Just as billed!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/21

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Mike S

Very good dark comedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/02/21

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Lisa Mullen

Sight & Sound

An exhilarating and compassionate film about love, death, loneliness - and the life-affirming importance ofdessert.

Dec 3, 2021

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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

Autostraddle

The choices Danielle makes and the things she says are cringeworthy in the best way.

Dec 3, 2021

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Emma Seligman has infused her film with so much dread, tension and claustrophobia, Shiva Baby is as teeth-grindingly mortifying as anything with a supernatural threat.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2021

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Shiva Baby is most certainly not a movie for those who get clammy and start to sweat at secondhand embarrassment.

Mar 26, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Usually I am not a fan of cringe comedy, but this film somehow transcends that sub-genre into something much more surreal, tapping into the absurdity of life with deft insight and empathy.

Feb 13, 2024

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Shiva Baby seamlessly blends hilarious comedy and sobering drama in this incisive story of a college student forced to reckon with secrets and lies during a tension-filled shiva reception. A stellar feature film debut from writer/director Emma Seligman.

Aug 25, 2023

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Synopsis

While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend.

Director: Emma Seligman
Producer: Fiona Altmann, Martin Altmann, Rhianon Jones, Victoria Ku
Screenwriter: Emma Seligman
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Neon Heart Productions
Genre: Comedy, LGBTQ+, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 2, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 2, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.1K
Runtime: 1h 17m

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