Shabbat Dinner

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Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball ... Read allShabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tell... Read allShabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay. In William's room, the boys speak directly to each... Read all

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8jesser08

Shabbat Dinner - Great Short

I saw this film at the MGLFF and I liked it.

A very well written short film; Great cast, and well directed. There we moments that I was laughing hard.

This is an interesting story of a young boy who is intrigued at having his very first gay friend and seems interested in what it means to be gay. The lead character does a great job at his young age.

The camera work could have been better but besides that overall this is a great short film and is definitely worth seeing. The films ends at and interesting note that I will leave for you to watch.

I hope this short film plays in several other festivals!

10interestingfunstuff

If Only Every LGBT Teen Could Be This Fortunate!

I truly enjoyed Shabbat Dinner. It made me feel strongly. It reminded me how incredibly vulnerable I once felt about my own same-sex attraction. I also felt the same need to hide such an important part of myself from others!

There is also plenty of humor in this powerful short film, which given the intensity of the subject matter is much appreciated!

I also had the good fortune to meet the director, Michael Morgenstern. He mentioned Shabbat Dinner was his first film! I was amazed! If his first film is this good, I can't wait to see what else he comes up with in the future!

Kirpianuscus

good but...

A good film. amusing, well acted, reflecting, in inspired manner the univers of adults and the world of teenagers. but , in its second part, unrealistic. or forced. or expression of a too hard effort to create a clear genre to film. because something is in unfair place. the kiss is predictable. but the after scenes are not realistic. something missed for define it as the nice short film who you expect.

7Havan_IronOak

Not all is Kosher in this short film

I guess that the coming out experience will be an evergreen subject for gay film makers but this is far from the best version of this story I've seen. The dialogue here could have used a lot of work.

While the premise is fun and the film isn't too cringe-inducing, there could have been a lot more innuendo between the boys and the parent's dialogue could have been more related to what the boys were saying. If the one boy HAD come out to his parents just the previous day, there should have been some evidence of that in the parents' conversation and there wasn't.

Just for laughs compare this to Boychick (2001) which is readily available on you-tube. It may just be my experience with Jewish mothers but the mother in that rings a lot truer despite the films being more than a decade older.