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When Do We Eat?

Play trailer Poster for When Do We Eat? R,  2005,  1h 27m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 42% 38 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
42% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Members of the Stuckman family gather for Seder with patriarch Ira, an old-fashioned man who pushes his sons as hard as his own father pushed him. Chaos erupts when one of Ira's sons slips him a hit of Ecstasy, turning him into a modern Moses.
When Do We Eat?

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Critics Consensus

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 May 5, 2006
2/4
Litvak's movie almost immediately barges across the line separating the comically absurd from the outright obnoxious. Go to Full Review
Jason Anderson Globe and Mail May 5, 2006
1.5/4
Manages to be broad, mawkish and mean-spirited all at once. Go to Full Review
Claudia Puig USA Today May 4, 2006
3/4
A haunting and disturbing film. Go to Full Review
Frank Lovece Film Journal International Feb 6, 2007
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. Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Oct 25, 2006
2.5/5
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. Go to Full Review
Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Aug 16, 2006
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
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Salvador Litvak

Director

Lesley Ann Warren

Peggy Stuckman

Michael Lerner

Ira Stuckman

Max Greenfield

Ethan

Shiri Appleby

Nikki

Mili Avital

Vanessa

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When Do We Eat?

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Synopsis Members of the Stuckman family gather for Seder with patriarch Ira, an old-fashioned man who pushes his sons as hard as his own father 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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