Bad Shabbos

Daniel Robbins’ entertaining, fast-paced comedy about a Sabbath dinner gone terribly awry won the top audience prize at the Tribeca Festival. Jews trying to balance the polarities of secular and religious lives, along with the dilemma of a dead body in the bathroom. Robbins and his longtime co-writer Zack Weiner up the comedy ante by stirring in several dysfunctional family dramas, an inter-faith culture clash and an intrepid doorman. A strong ensemble cast (including Kyra Sedgwick) nails the tasty dialogue and increasingly frantic action without falling into shtick.