When Do We Eat? (2005)

A family's Passover gets screwy after the patriarch unknowingly ingests a hit of Ecstasy.

Director:

Salvador Litvak

Writers:

Nina Davidovich, Salvador Litvak

Stars:

Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Lerner	...	Ira Stuckman
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Peggy Stuckman
Jack Klugman	...	Artur
Meredith Scott Lynn	...	Jennifer
Shiri Appleby	...	Nikki
Mili Avital	...	Vanessa
Ben Feldman	...	Zeke
Adam Lamberg	...	Lionel
Max Greenfield	...	Ethan
Cynda Williams	...	Grace
Mark Ivanir	...	Rafi
Dan Bucatinsky	...	High Strung Client
Oscar Nuñez	...	Santa Designer
Vickilyn Reynolds	...	Talk Show Host
Victoria Justice	...	Young Nikki

Storyline

When Do We Eat? is the story of the "world's fastest Passover Seder" gone horribly awry. It's about an old school dad who's as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips Dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic Ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective." Meanwhile, Mom brings a handsome stranger to dinner and the kids take sides. By the end of the night, however, Dad's visions turn him into a modern day Moses intent on leading this hungry group to the promised land of family forgiveness. Of course they're all so stubborn, it would be easier to part the Red Sea.

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Plot Keywords:

passover | ecstasy | seder | lesbian | dinner | 

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Taglines:

Sex, Drugs, and Matzoh Ball Soup

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

14 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pazzo pranzo di famiglia

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$134,006 (USA) (7 April 2006)

Gross:

$428,432 (USA) (19 May 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

When Do We Eat? Inc., Sneak Preview Entertainment, Pictures from the Fringe

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Holy Thing To Do"
Written by Shlomo Carlebach and Mark Adler
Performed by the When Do We Eat? Cantors

User Reviews

stupendous--see it

Finally--a true-Jew sitcom made into a feature film. Salvador Litvak has taken Salvador Dali's acid trip painting "The Last Supper" and made it into a heimish, full-length film. Think "The Hebrew Hammer", but for Pesach instead of Chanukkah. "When Do We Eat?" has all the essential elements and then some. Part comedy and part tearjerker, part ultra-Orthodox and part porno. A neurotic, Jewish Beverly Hills family--think "Clueless"--making shalom, but with spirituality and holiness. A cathartic message of repentance and spiritual return for all time. And Moses' cameo hallucination role was played by a Moses of our time, Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz.