In writer-director Emma Seligman’s hilarious, sneakily eruptive debut feature “Shiva Baby,” the acerbic Danielle is many things: an East Coast college senior majoring in gender studies; a young, bi…
,” the acerbic Danielle is many things: an East Coast college senior majoring in gender studies; a young, bisexual Jewish woman; a sugar baby testing out the transactional powers of her sexuality. That last slice of her identity is a leap, but it’s the one we get to encounter first. In the film’s opening moments, Danielle’s fake whimpers draw near, soon resolving into an orgasm that sounds as cringingly phony as her moans.
On that same day, all the components of Danielle’s failure-to-launch mode close in on her at a crowded and unexpectedly eventful shiva gathering, a post-burial custom of mourning in Jewish tradition. Her mom Debbie and father Joel can’t help but overtly critique Danielle’s ways and show their daughter off to a house full of close kin, desperately hoping to tie some loose ends in her life — perhaps a new babysitting gig , or an office job of some sort, maybe even a new romantic interest.
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