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It's the world's fastest Passover Seder gone horribly awry. Ira (Michael Lerner) prides himself on running the fastest Seder in the west. This year, his son (Ben Feldman) slips him a dose of ecstasy at the beginning of the evening in order to give him a new perspective. Mom (Lesley Ann Warren) brings a special friend to dinner and now the family is taking sides. By the end of the evening, Ira has become a moder. By the end of the evening, Ira has become a modern day Moses leading his family to the promised land of family forgiveness. But, they are all so stubborn, it would be easier to part the Red Sea.
"A classic holiday comedy. Magical." Chicago Sun-Times
"...strong cast is loud and lively, and the bickering banter has snap and drive." Houston Chronicle
"The film turns that stale old Seder into warmed-up dinner theater." Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Editor's Note
Lesley Ann Warren and Michael Lerner head up an ensemble cast for this comedy about a Passover seder amongst the dysfunctional Stuckman clan. When the head Stuckman (Lerner) accidentally takes a tab of ecstasy, the dinner goes awry and uncomfortable truths emerge.
| Features | Actors' Auditions | | Audio: English Dolby Digital | | Deleted Scenes | | Director's Audio Commentary | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Hart Sharp Video |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 670384 | | UPC: 00829567038420 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Box Office
"There is some nice material about how everyone has personal Pharaohs, internal or external demons who keep us enslaved." 07/0/12006 p.69Variety 7 of 10
Another entry in indiedom's contest to create the most dysfunctional family, Salvator Litvak's "When Do We Eat?" unites 11 outrageously mismatched Jewish relatives for a feature-length Passover seder. What begins with sitcom-style infighting turns to touchy-feely reconciliation when the family stoner drops a tab of Extacy in patriarch Ira's drink...Decent production values lend this one-location comedy a pro feel, even if the material is strictly small-screen. - Peter Debruge
Reel.com 6 of 10
Yet another ethnic family comedy a la My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the vastly superior Moonstruck, When Do We Eat? lacks the easy charm of either of those films. Although the husband-and-wife team of Litvak and Davidovich mostly refrain from populating the film with tired Jewish stereotypes - kvetching is held to an absolute minimum - they neglect to make the bickering members of the Stuckman family sufficiently interesting or sympathetic. Lynn's resentful lesbian daughter character is especially tiresome and shrill. - Tim Knight
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