My Mexican Shivah

Name: My Mexican Shivah
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 29, 2008
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 46

2008

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Emerging Pictures | Release Date: August 29, 2008

Summary: According to Jewish belief, from the moment a Jew is born, he or she is accompanied by two angels: the angel of light and the angel of darkness. With the passing of Moishe (75), his family and friends gather to sit shivah, the 7-day Jewish mourning ritual. The spirit angels Aleph and Bet, divine accountants, watch over the mourners actionsAccording to Jewish belief, from the moment a Jew is born, he or she is accompanied by two angels: the angel of light and the angel of darkness. With the passing of Moishe (75), his family and friends gather to sit shivah, the 7-day Jewish mourning ritual. The spirit angels Aleph and Bet, divine accountants, watch over the mourners actions and what´s been said about the deceased to calculate which angel will accompany Moishe´s soul to the afterlife. (Emerging Pictures)… Expand

Director: Alejandro Springall

Genre(s): Comedy

Runtime: 98 min

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Joshua Katzman

Uses the seven days of shivah to launch a series of hilariously escalating confrontations, including one in which elderly men nearly come to blows over who's the more genuine Jew. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Culture shock often proves the stuff of comedy, but the sight of a silver-studded, sombrero-topped mariachi band breaking into a rousing rendition of "Hava Nagila" transports diversity into the realm of the surreal. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Any comedy that can combine death, abortion, Jewish ritual and a mariachi band without curdling into complete lunacy deserves a modicum of respect. In the case of My Mexican Shivah, more would be pushing it. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Kvetches its way through an insipid vision of cross-cultural conflict. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

All this story needs is a mariachi band to walk in on all the overwrought mourners. Oh, wait ... yep. There it is. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Boring movie. Read full review

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JoshF.

Aug 30, 2008

Incredible portrayal of a Mexican Jewish family.

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