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The Funeral

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The Funeral Reviews

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Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Anticlimactic and unconvincing.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Original Score: 2/5

April 9, 2007
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

| Original Score: 2/5

November 14, 2002
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

With a cast like that, one would expect fireworks on the screen. Unfortunately, this never happens.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Original Score: 2/4

August 1, 2003
Lea Russo
Boxoffice Magazine

Some viewers may enjoy watching the lifestyles of the grim and depraved; others will find that sitting through "The Funeral" is like going to celluloid hell.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

June 5, 2002
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Call it Bad Mafia Lieutenant.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

January 1, 2000
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

We have seen Martin Scorsese's gangster films, and Abel Ferrara, you are no Martin Scorsese.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Now here is a gangster movie that does not want setups or payoffs like traditional gangster movies.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

A psychologically strung-out tale stuffed full of ideas and inspired moments.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Original Score: B

May 29, 2006
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

| Original Score: 4/5

August 30, 2002
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Original Score: +1 out of -4..+4

January 1, 2000
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The corpse, the corpse, the corpse!

| Original Score: 4/5

November 14, 2005
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The Funeral is yet another fresh take on the gangster flick.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Original Score: 3.5/4

June 20, 2008
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The picture works despite the bizarre ending.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Original Score: B+

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Film after film, Ferrara and St. John are finding new ways to scream.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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You're engaged on a moral level rarely found in movies about violence.

Full Review Source: Washington Post

January 22, 2002
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | Original Score: A-

January 1, 2000
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

January 14, 2004
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

| Original Score: 3/4

May 20, 2003
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January 1, 2000

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January 1, 2000
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