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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderUses the seven days of shivah to launch a series of hilariously escalating confrontations, including one in which elderly men nearly come to blows over who's the more genuine Jew.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibCulture shock often proves the stuff of comedy, but the sight of a silver-studded, sombrero-topped mariachi band breaking into a rousing rendition of "Hava Nagila" transports diversity into the realm of the surreal.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAny comedy that can combine death, abortion, Jewish ritual and a mariachi band without curdling into complete lunacy deserves a modicum of respect. In the case of My Mexican Shivah, more would be pushing it.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceKvetches its way through an insipid vision of cross-cultural conflict.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAll this story needs is a mariachi band to walk in on all the overwrought mourners. Oh, wait ... yep. There it is.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithBoring movie.