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Death at a Funeral (2007)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:75
Rotten:44
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Death At A Funeral is a rousing British farce, with enough slapstick silliness to overcome its faults.
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... [More]
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Alan Tudyk
Director: Frank Oz
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Reviews for Death at a Funeral
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
Feels strained.
10/28/07
Goofy burial digs up family secrets; not for kids.
10/22/07
Death at a Funeral might have been made in the 1960s, not to be released until well past its stale date.
10/12/07
The film begins with a vaguely tired joke, but this just makes what follows that much more delicious.
10/12/07
Weighing in at a brisk 90 minutes, the picture does have the advantage of brevity, and on screen no less than off, there's much to be said for a quick send-off.
10/12/07
Very funny and entertaining, a sometimes-dark comedy somewhere between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Meet the Parents.
10/12/07
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10/12/07
A total misfire from director Frank Oz, whose endeavours to deliver black humour wobbles fatally. With its excellent British cast, it's not all bad, but the plot is hackneyed, the tone is wrong, and what aspires to be funny leaves us embarrassed
10/06/07
It's a British comedy that shows the minor miracles that can be performed with a cast of (mostly) British actors, a drawing room, and a funny idea.
09/21/07
I nearly died laughing.
09/13/07
Once everything is finally in place, Death at a Funeral springs to comedic life with such speed and assurance that it's hard to complain.
09/12/07
The stench of desperation wafts from the screen, as Craig and Oz randomly grasp at one hackneyed device after another ...
09/11/07
Another Frank Oz comedy with a mean streak, this time with such delights as an old man defecating in his wheelchair.
09/03/07
Death at a Funeral may be the funniest movie ever set in such a deadly serious setting.
09/01/07
...the funniest movie in years, maybe decades.
08/31/07
Once it gets some speed behind it, the thing just barrels forward with reckless abandon, tossing out gags that work at an impressively effective rate.
08/26/07
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