When David and his fiancé Meg gather for his family's traditional Shabbat dinner on New York's Upper West Side, things spiral faster than you can say “hamotzi” when an accidental death (or...murder?) derails the evening entirely. With Meg’s devoutly Catholic parents due any moment to meet David’s very Jewish family, soon Shabbat becomes a comedy of biblical proportions.
Winner of the Audience Award at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, an ensemble cast lead by Kyra Sedgwick and Cliff "Method Man" Smith delights in this darkly comedic mystery. "Neither too “oy vey” nor
Weekend at Bernie’s but steeped in the best aspects of both Jewish and black comedy,
Bad Shabbos is a treat any night of the week."—Bob Strauss,
San Francisco Chronicle.
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