A student sugar baby bumps into her only client - and his wife - at a shiva in this comically uncomfortable film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2024

It's deliciously timed and superbly written in a way that whips you around from one secret to the next, from one reveal to the next.

| Jul 3, 2024

“Shiva Baby” has a setup that sounds like a sitcom, but it is more like a horror movie without anyone getting physically violent. If you suffer from secondhand embarrassment, you should probably steer clear.

| Jun 10, 2024

Shiva Baby is most certainly not a movie for those who get clammy and start to sweat at secondhand embarrassment.

| Mar 26, 2024

Usually I am not a fan of cringe comedy, but this film somehow transcends that sub-genre into something much more surreal, tapping into the absurdity of life with deft insight and empathy.

| Feb 13, 2024

Shiva Baby seamlessly blends hilarious comedy and sobering drama in this incisive story of a college student forced to reckon with secrets and lies during a tension-filled shiva reception. A stellar feature film debut from writer/director Emma Seligman.

| Aug 25, 2023

One of the most anxiety-inducing non-horror films you're ever going to see. It's brilliant.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 21, 2023

A hilarious, anxiety-fuelled consideration of how family and friends can be simultaneously suffocating and supportive. A cultural comedy that is imminently relatable to everyone, even if you don't understand all of the Jewish customs.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2023

Shiva Baby was an easily digestible, awkward and hilarious quick watch with a relatable lead character, plenty of stressful moments and a tense atmosphere that even horror movies struggle to replicate so successfully.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 6, 2023

Without the centering performance of Sennott and the impressive writing and directing from Seligman, Shiva Baby would probably get lost somewhere along the way. Instead, Seligman’s personal experiences make this movie soar, instantly ringing true.

| Jul 25, 2023

It’s incredibly relatable, and it’s comforting to see that maybe I’m not the only person who dreads going to family functions.

| Jul 19, 2023

Watching Shiva Baby was not easy, but it was very much worth it. The catharsis of laughing off some of my anxiety watching Danielle in a relatable, but far more anxiety-inducing, scenario than I could ever imagine was great...

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 16, 2023

Easily the most stressful and anxiety inducing viewing experience since Uncut Gems... fuelled by a fantastic lead performance from Rachel Sennott.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 12, 2022

A snowball effect inside a pinball machine... at some point the ball falls and it's up to us to fill in the blanks. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 1, 2022

With a hilariously incisive script and a breakout performance from Sennott, Shiva Baby is a brilliant debut that you won’t be able to forget.

| Sep 28, 2022

It is marvellously done. It is clever, inventive, and tremendously effective.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jul 12, 2022

A tremendous debut, one that announces Seligman and her star, Rachel Sennott, as ones to watch in the world of cinema.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 10, 2022

(...) Shiva Baby is definitely that: a horror film with shame turned into its magmatic center; one of those nightmares where we find ourselves naked in front of a bunch of people, but as stretched out as it is condensed into 76 minutes of despair.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 30, 2022

Shiva Baby is a well-crafted film with memorable performances highlighting the uncomfortable. ... captures the feeling of being asked by relatives and family friends about what you're doing with your life in the form of a ... tense, and funny film.

| Mar 8, 2022

It perfectly captures desperation, loneliness, and belonging throughout every beating second. Its in the words spoken and those left unsaid, the longing stares as well as the afflicting ones, and the awkward movements intermingled with the precise ones.

| Original Score: 9.5/10 | Mar 7, 2022