“Bad Shabbos” is a labored farce that borrows from so many other better comedies — “Meet the Parents,” “The Birdcage” and “Weekend at Bernie’s” to name a few — that it rarely transcends its frantic patchwork of repurposed gimmicks and tropes. Its lack of originality and emotional depth may have been more forgivable had the film been legit funny. But save a few random guffaws, this whacked-out tale of a Jewish family’s Shabbat dinner that goes wildly off the rails may prompt more eye rolls and exasperated sighs than were surely on the menu. (To be fair, it won the Audience Award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, so the film clearly has its fans.)

It’s another warmly contentious Sabbath at the Upper West Side Manhattan apartment of Ellen ( Kyra Sedgwick ) and Richard (David Paymer). The

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