Bad Shabbos

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Bad Shabbos
Bad Shabbos poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Daniel Robbins
Screenplay by
  • Zack Weiner
  • Daniel Robbins
Produced byAdam Mitchell
Starring
CinematographyMatt Clegg
Edited byKait Plum
Music by Eli Keszler
Production
company
Carnegie Hill Entertainment
Distributed byMenemsha Films
Release dates
  • June 10, 2024 (2024-06-10)(Tribeca Festival)
  • December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)(United States (limited))
  • May 23, 2025 (2025-05-23)(United States (wide))
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million [1] [2]

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. [3] [4]

Contents

Premise

Over the course of a Shabbos dinner in New York City, an unexpected death causes familial tensions to rise to the surface. [3]

Cast

Release

Bad Shabbos premiered on June 10, 2024, in the Spotlight Narrative section of that year's Tribeca Festival. [5] It was released in the United States on May 23, 2025. [6] The movie was later released on Netflix in October 2025. [7]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 86% of 35 critics' reviews are positive. [8] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [9]

Accolades

AwardCeremony dateCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Tribeca Festival 16 June 2024Audience AwardBad ShabbosWon [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Bad Shabbos (2024)". Nash Information Services. Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bad Shabbos (2024)". Nash Information Services. The Numbers . Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Bad Shabbos". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Dunn, Jack. "Tribeca Festival Reveals 2024 Feature Film Lineup Including New Movies With Lily Gladstone, Jenna Ortega and Michael Cera". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Encinias, Joshua. "The Brooklyn Magazine Guide to the 2024 Tribeca Festival". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Menemsha Films Sets Summer Release For Kyra Sedgwick, Milana Vayntrub Ensemble Comedy 'Bad Shabbos'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ "'Bad Shabbos' Comedy Movie Starring Kyra Sedgwick and Method Man Sets Netflix Release". What's on Netflix. 2025-09-18. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  8. ↑ "Bad Shabbos". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bad Shabbos". Metacritic . Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ Friedman, Roger. "Tribeca Film Fest Award Winners: "Griffin in Summer," "Jazzy," "Bad Shabbos"". Showbiz 411. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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