William doesn’t know he’s gay until he meets Virgo at a family dinner. The two teens attempt to discover who they really are, while their oblivious parents chatter about fundraisers and dairy-free ice cream.
Shabbat Dinner (2012)
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The year is 1999, and Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is berating their oddball guests, and he doesn’t have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay. In William’s room, the boys speak directly to each other about themselves, while just a few feet away the adults discuss trivialities about prep school, marrying Jewish, and nonfat ice cream. It’s not just another Friday night.
The film presents a realistic high school experience in lieu of a heavyhanded message, and in doing so encourages viewers to come to their own conclusions.
Imdb user:
I’m so glad they did a smart way of adding in a tradition that I never knew about until I saw this movie. The title really stood out well in this film!
The actors were even brilliant too. Chris and Dan’s characters were very clear and easy to hear even if they are meant to be playing as awkward teenagers. I’m telling ya, some actors that play teen roles really make their characters too obvious whereas William and Virgo were so easily understood which keeps the storyline at its best! Although near the end, I wondered did Williams father knew the boys were having sex because the room was dark or was he drunk? That scene made me quite curious, oh well that never bothered me since the boys will be talking again ;)
Well done Mr Michael Morgenstern for creating this cute lil film :D
