You Can Thank Me Later (1998) ***

Directed by Shimon Dotan. With Ellen Burstyn, Genevieve Bujold and Amanda Plummer. Burstyn plays an overbearing Jewish mother, whose incessant criticism of her adult children reduces them to a state of near-infancy. The family conflicts finally explode during a tense wait in a hospital, awaiting the results of the father's surgery. Set in Montreal, it's a pitch-black comedy about a dysfunctional family, superbly written, badly directed, but very entertaining.