2008
Not Rated
Emerging Pictures
1 h 38 m

2008
Not Rated
Emerging Pictures
1 h 38 m

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 actio...

Comedy

Written By: Jorge Goldenberg, Ilán Stavans

2008
Not Rated
Emerging Pictures
1 h 38 m

2008
Not Rated
Emerging Pictures
1 h 38 m

My Mexican Shivah

Name: My Mexican Shivah
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2008-08-29
Duration: 1 min 38 s
Rating: 46
Cast: Blanca Guerra, Martha Roth, Sergio Kleiner, Guillermo Murray, Martin LaSalle

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Comedy

Written By: Jorge Goldenberg, Ilán Stavans

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Chicago Reader

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.

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Variety

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.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

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.

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New York Daily News

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

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

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

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New York Post

Boring movie.

By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Goliat Films, Elevation Filmworks, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Springall Pictures

Release Date Aug 29, 2008

Duration 1 h 38 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline Expect the whole kosher enchilada.

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My Mexican Shivah

Top Cast

Blanca Guerra

Julia Palafox

Martha Roth

Rosita

Sergio Kleiner

Moishe

Guillermo Murray

Dr. Berman

Martin LaSalle

Isaac Fischer

Raquel Pankowsky

Esther

David Ostrosky

Ricardo

Emilio Savinni

Nicolás

Sharon Zundel

Galia

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Sargento Antúnez

Margot Wagner

Eva Wolf

Lenny Zundel

Jevreman

Jacqueline Voltaire

Martha

Ricardo Kleinbaum

Ari

Max Kerlow

Rubinstein

Paloma Woolrich

Ruth

Esther Cimet

Noemí

Enrique Cimet

Zalmen

Anna Gilbert

Sara

Hugo Macías Macotela

Rabino

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