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Death at a Funeral (2007)

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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.
 

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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... 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 featuring a cast made up of the cream of Britain's crop, the film mischievously explores what happens on the day when a typically divided family is finally forced to come to terms with each other's - bad behavior, outrageous faults, skeletons in the closet and all. On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel (MATTHEW MACFADYEN) knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother Robert (RUPERT GRAVES) who's just flown in from New York, not to mention the promises of a new life he's made to his wife Jane (KEELY HAWES). Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha (DAISY DONOVAN) and her dependable new fiance Simon (ALAN TUDYK) are desperate to make a good impression on Martha's uptight father - a plan that literally goes out the window when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en route to the service, leaving him prone to uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity in front of his potential in-laws. Then comes the real shocker: a mysterious guest (PETER DINKLAGE) who threatens to unveil an earth-shattering family secret. As riotous mayhem and unfortunate mishaps ensue on every front, it is now up to the two brothers to hide the truth from their family and friends and figure out how to not only bury their dearly beloved, but the secret he's been keeping. The film stars Matthew Macfadyen (Pride & Prejudice), Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent, Elf), Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting, Match Point), Rupert Graves (V for Vendetta). DEATH AT A FUNERAL is directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig. The producers are Sidney Kimmel, Lawrence Malkin, Diana Phillips and Share Stallings. The executive producers are Philip Elway, Andreas Grosch, William Horberg and Bruce Toll. Josh Kesselman, Alex Lewis and Bruce Webb are co-producers. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Alan Tudyk, Daisy Donovan

Director: Frank Oz
Screenwriter: Dean Craig
Producer: Sidney Kimmel
Composer: Murray Gold

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 26, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • NTSC
  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - 1. Frank Oz - Director
  • 2. Dean Craig - Writer; Alan Tudyk, Andy Nyman - Stars
  • Outtakes - Gag Reel
  • Trailers - 1. 20th Century Fox Forced Trailers (1)
  • 2. Additional 20th Century Fox Previews (3)

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Selection
  • Disc 1/Side A: DEATH AT A FUNERAL - Full Frame
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Disc 1/Side B: DEATH AT A FUNERAL - Widescreen
  • Widescreen - 1.85

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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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Mark Bourne
Film.com
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2.5/4

This Funeral won't leave audiences in a mournful state.

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02/26/08
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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A fine British cast is wasted on feeble material.

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11/17/07
Philip French
Observer [UK]
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2/5

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.

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11/02/07
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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2/5

In the end the knockabout humour totally destroys the glimmers of spiteful sophistication which would have made it much funnier.

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11/02/07
Derek Malcolm
This is London
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1/5

Take away the Four Weddings and you get this dismal Brit-com.

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11/02/07
Neil Smith
thelondonpaper
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1/5

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.

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11/02/07
Anthony Quinn
Independent
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I hear the script was funny, which is hard to believe: this is grim, misjudged and seems to go on for ever.

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11/02/07
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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A staggeringly inept farce.

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11/02/07
Karl French
Financial Times
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2/5

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.

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11/02/07
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]
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2/5

As funny as losing a finger.

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11/02/07
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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3/5

A pleasantly unpleasant comedy that belatedly delivers. You won't die laughing but you shouldn't expire from boredom either.

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11/02/07
Leigh Singer
Channel 4 Film
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0/5

A farce - but not in the way its makers intended.

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11/02/07
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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1/5

An apologetic-looking cast treads gingerly over the resulting wreckage, though only the guy in the coffin emerges with his credibility intact.

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11/02/07
Neil Smith
BBC
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3/5

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.

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11/02/07
Jane Crowther
Total Film
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3/6

Scatological grue, nudity, swearing, drug-taking and the chance to watch two grown men wrestle a midget…

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11/01/07
Jonathan Crocker
Time Out
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When people try to make British comedies for American audiences, bad things invariably happen.

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11/01/07
Elliott Noble
Sky Movies
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3/5

A sole potty joke is unnecessarily crass, but for the most part this is joyfully funny.

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11/01/07
Alan Morrison
Empire Magazine
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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.

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10/30/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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Feels strained.

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10/28/07
Dennis Schwartz
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