This ruefully snarky and fast-paced debut from writer & director Emma Seligman follows a young woman who struggles to keep up different versions of herself while at a shiva with her parents.

 

Variety describes Shiva Baby as a “late-coming-of-age farce” and compares it to “the indoor apocalypse that takes place in Mother!” (2017). Called “a deftly crafted comedy of discomfort” by the Hollywood Reporter, Shiva Baby is the kind of edgy film that never really lets you settle in but prefers to keep you squirming in your discomfort throughout.