Bad Shabbos
{{Short description|2024 comedy film}}
{{Sources exist|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Bad Shabbos poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Daniel Robbins
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
- Zack Weiner
- Daniel Robbins
}}
| producer = Adam Mitchell
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| narrator =
| cinematography = Matt Clegg
| editing = Kait Plum
| music = Eli Keszler
| studio = Carnegie Hill Entertainment
| distributor = Menemsha Films
| released = {{Film date|2024|06|10|Tribeca Festival|2024|12|6|United States (limited|2025|5|23|United States (wide}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $499,928{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3340533761/weekend/ |title=Bad Shabbos (2024) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |website=Nash Information Services |access-date=June 13, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Shabbos-(2024)#tab=summary|title=Bad Shabbos (2024) |publisher=The Numbers |website=Nash Information Services |access-date=June 13, 2025}}
}}
Bad Shabbos is a 2024 American comedy film directed by Daniel Robbins and written by Robbins and Zack Weiner. The film stars Kyra Sedgwick as the matriarch of a Jewish family as tensions come to a head during a Shabbos dinner. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.{{cite web |title=Bad Shabbos |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/bad-shabbos-2024 |website=Tribeca Festival |access-date=11 June 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Jack |title=Tribeca Festival Reveals 2024 Feature Film Lineup Including New Movies With Lily Gladstone, Jenna Ortega and Michael Cera|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-lineup-2024-1235972814/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |agency=Variety}}
Premise
Over the course of a Shabbos dinner in New York City, an unexpected death causes familial tensions to rise to the surface.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Kyra Sedgwick as Ellen
- Method Man as Jordan
- Jon Bass as David
- Milana Vayntrub as Abby
- Ashley Zukerman as Benjamin
- David Paymer as Richard
- Meghan Leathers as Meg
- Catherine Curtin as Beth
- Theo Taplitz as Adam
- John Bedford Lloyd as John
- Josh Mostel as Saul
}}
Release
Bad Shabbos premiered on June 10, 2024, in the Spotlight Narrative section of that year's Tribeca Festival.{{cite web |last1=Encinias |first1=Joshua |title=The Brooklyn Magazine Guide to the 2024 Tribeca Festival |url=https://www.bkmag.com/2024/06/06/the-brooklyn-magazine-guide-to-the-2024-tribeca-festival/ |website=Brooklyn Magazine |access-date=11 June 2024}} It was released in the United States on May 23, 2025.{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Menemsha Films Sets Summer Release For Kyra Sedgwick, Milana Vayntrub Ensemble Comedy 'Bad Shabbos' |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/bad-shabbos-release-date-kyra-sedgwick-milana-vayntrub-1236375193/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 23, 2025}}
Reception
= Accolades =
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! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Ceremony date ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" | Ref. |
| scope="row" | Tribeca Festival
| 16 June 2024 | Audience Award | Bad Shabbos | {{Won}} |
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References
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