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Eulogy (2004)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 34
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Critic Reviews: 9
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Writer/director Michael Clancy makes his feature film debut with the black comedy Eulogy. Zooey Deschanel plays Kate Collins, an unhappy college student who is made even more unhappy when her grandfather (Rip Torn) dies. Even though the entire family hates each other, they reunite at the home of Grandma Collins (Piper Laurie). Among other family members, Kate observes a war between her washed-up actor dad, Daniel (Hank Azaria); her lesbian Aunt Lucy (Kelly Preston); her wound-up Uncle Skip (Ray

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Michael Clancy

Written By: Michael Clancy

In Theaters: Oct 15, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Feb 8, 2005

Box Office:$41.8k

Lions Gate Films

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Cast

Hank Azaria
Daniel Collins
Jesse Bradford
Ryan Carmichael
Zooey Deschanel
Kate Collins
Glenne Headly
Samantha
Famke Janssen
Judy
Piper Laurie
Charlotte "Grandma" Col...
Kelly Preston
Lucy Collins
Ray Romano
Skip Collins
Rip Torn
Edmund "Grandpa" Collin...
Debra Winger
Alice Collins
Micole Mercurio
Delilah Barbara Collins...
Lucy Gunadi
Girl In Dormroom
Kevin Ruf
Commercial Dad
Lucy Boyle
Girl In Dormroom
Alex Moore
Young Daniel
Michael Panes
Adult Film Director
Michael Chapman
Adult Film Cameraman
Vincent Castellanos
Adult Film Director
Lisa Maris
Adult Film Actress
Rocco Sisto
District Attorney
Lana Novac
Lace
Denise Dowse
Judge Welsh
Curtis Garcia
Fred Collins
Keith Garcia
Ted Collins
Mark Harelik
Burt
Matthew Feder
Alice's Silent Son
Allisyn Ashley Arm
Alice's Silent Daughter
Jordan Moen
Alice's Silent Daughter
Natasha Sheridan
Yount Kate
Rance Howard
Lance Sommers
Paget Brewster
Aunt Lily
Mary Schmidtberger
Hostess At Restaurant
Emma Chapman
Ryan's Date
Brandon Waters
Young Ryan At 5
Monica Esswein
Young Kate At 8
Aaron Salazar
Young Ryan At 8
Shaunci Trammel
Young Kate At 11
Ward Stearns
Young Ryan At 11
Sara Botsford
Mrs. Carmichael
John La Fayette
Doctor Rice
Brian Posehn
Video Store Clerk
Eric Peirpoint
Mr. Carmichael
Sherman Howard
Funeral Director
Rene Auberjonois
Parson Banke
Claudette Nevins
Barbara Collins
Monica Potter

Critic Reviews for Eulogy

All Critics (38) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (25) | DVD (10)

Eulogy is dead on arrival.

October 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

When a filmmaker is savvy enough to hire Torn to play an eccentric codger, then has him do little more than play dead in a casket, he has a lot of learning to do.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Top Critic

That Eulogy has any laughs is largely a testament to the understated Romano -- he and Deschanel are the only ones in the cast who aren't straining to be funny.

October 15, 2004 Comment

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Romano's caveman-ish line readings are perfectly pitched.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Newsday

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Jan Stuart

Newsday

Top Critic

The terrific ensemble cast finds the right deadpan tone to deliver the dysfunction.

October 14, 2004 Comment

Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

The sort of mordant ensemble comedy that Robert Altman pulled off with A Wedding appears to have been a prototype for this flat, funereal farce.

October 14, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Clancy's script is better than his direction, with several high points in both dialogue and scene construction. The material is darkly funny but not so dark as to be vicious.

February 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

Any movie with Ray Romano in it that doesn't make one wish one has a gun to bring down the really big game is doing something right.

February 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

O �timo elenco � terrivelmente desperdi�ado por um roteiro absurdamente ruim recheado de piadas pavorosas e uma trama sem o menor foco ou originalidade.

November 19, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

The dysfunctional family that stays together... prays on each other. But that doesn't mean they can't be funny.

November 5, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

TheMovieChicks.com

with its half-affecting, half-crass characters and half-funny, half-strained jokes, Eulogy is the very definition of hit and miss

October 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Jesse Hassenger

Filmcritic.com

Eulogy is about one half of a really good movie.

October 21, 2004 Full Review Source: IGN Movies

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Todd Gilchrist

IGN Movies

Buries more characters and plot lines than it has screen time for, and fails to put to rest many of the questions it raises.

October 19, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmStew.com

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Todd Gilchrist

FilmStew.com Source: FilmStew.com

Neither ditzy enough as comedy nor realistic enough as human drama to live a long life.

October 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

An unfunny black comedy populated by obnoxious characters.

October 16, 2004 Full Review | Comment (1)

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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A dysfunctional family gathers for the patriarch's funeral.With the characters' convoluted plotlines, even a trite voice over and an awkward framing narrative can't save this film. By the time I figured out who wanted what, who was related in to whom, and what the histories of all of these relationships were, I

October 16, 2011

Jim Hunter

Super Reviewer

Eulogy is one bizarre comedy that brings a lot of laughs. When the patriarch of a dysfunctional family passes on, his family gets together in the same house the funeral and all hell breaks loose. With Eulogy you have a wonderful cast that are all funny in their own way. Eulogy is one of the most original comedies to

May 28, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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