In these days of relentlessly depressing news, a good comedy comes as a welcome relief and this is such a film.
It is about an observant Jewish family in New York who host a Sabbath dinner to meet the Midwestern Catholic parents of their son’s fiancée, when something happens that leads to the evening going completely awry.
The humor depends on some extent on the practices of observant Jews on the Sabbath, especially the many restrictions on what you can do, but I thought that it was not offensive. But then, I am not Jewish and hence not the best judge.
Here’s the trailer.
“The humor depends on some extent on the practices of observant Jews”
Oh, good. It’s such an obscure culture, it’s good to see it being portrayed in media finally.
method man?
‘Method Man’ the stage name of Clifford Smith Jr, is a member of the Wu Tang Clan and also half of the duo Method Man & Redman. I have never seen him act before but he was really good.
i liked his film “how high,” at least, as much of it as i can remember. i think he played an evil genie on one episode of a horror tv show a real long time ago. of course, i could just look at wikipedia or the imdb, but it’s more fun to go by memory. as much of it as i can remember.