Death at a Funeral (2007)
62 %
Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 71 Rotten:43 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus:
Death At A Funeral is a rousing British farce, with enough slapstick silliness to overcome its faults.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 17, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $8,440,710
Synopsis: A dignified send-off for a loved one erupts into uproarious chaos when romance, jealousy, in-laws, hallucinogens, dark secrets, life-long yearnings and a spot of bold blackmail all collide in the irreverent British comedy DEATH AT A FUNERAL. Directed by Frank Oz (Bowfinger, In & Out) and... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Alan Tudyk, Daisy Donovan
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It's no classic, but it did prompt me to watch those great old Ealing Alec Guinness comedies again.
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03/04/08
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Death at a Funeral has a great cast and a suitably chaotic plot but it's never quite as funny as it thinks it is.
11/02/07
In the end the knockabout humour totally destroys the glimmers of spiteful sophistication which would have made it much funnier.
11/02/07
You'll wince and fidget and groan, and finally wonder at the nerve of the film-makers who thought they could get away with this.
11/02/07
I hear the script was funny, which is hard to believe: this is grim, misjudged and seems to go on for ever.
11/02/07
Scientists believe that black holes can slow down the progress of time. A similar effect can be felt by viewers of this damp squib of a farce as it grinds on from one lame set-up to the next.
11/02/07
A pleasantly unpleasant comedy that belatedly delivers. You won't die laughing but you shouldn't expire from boredom either.
11/02/07
An apologetic-looking cast treads gingerly over the resulting wreckage, though only the guy in the coffin emerges with his credibility intact.
11/02/07
A patchy but silly caper that will be dead funny (sorry) for anyone who’s recently wrestled with family hysteria. Perfect pre-Christmas fare then.
11/02/07
Scatological grue, nudity, swearing, drug-taking and the chance to watch two grown men wrestle a midget…
11/01/07
When people try to make British comedies for American audiences, bad things invariably happen.
11/01/07
A sole potty joke is unnecessarily crass, but for the most part this is joyfully funny.
11/01/07
For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.
10/30/07
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