Happy Times
נתראה בשמחות | Michael Mayer | Israel/US/Italy 2019 | Hebrew/English (English subtitles) | Comedy/Horror | 93m | DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: M-Appeal | Trailer
Description: A balmy evening at a Los Angeles McMansion. An Israeli expat family gather friends and family for a Shabbat dinner that goes horribly wrong…
Merits: The first hour or so pokes not too gentle fun at some particularly obnoxious Israeli immigrant stereotypes. The dialogue that mixes Hebrew, English and Spanish (for the benefit of the Hispanic servant) with its casual racism is at times clever. Some of the humour may unfortunately be lost on audience members not fluent in Hebrew. About seventy minutes in, the tone changes into slapstick horror. Any subtlety is thrown out of the window, together with everything else.
Rating: Extreme graphic violence, very strong language (multiple F-word/MF, etc.) mild sex.