Big Shot's Funeral 2003

Big Shot's Funeral

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A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

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A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

A scene from the film Big Shot's Funeral, released by Sony Classics.

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Movie Info

A renowned filmmaker (Donald Sutherland) befriends a cameraman (You Ge) and embraces Buddhism while making a movie in China.

Rating:

PG (Brief Partial Nudity|Thematic Elements|Language)
Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

Chinese
Director:

Feng Xiao-Gang
Producer:

Zhongjun Wang
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 17, 2003 wide
Box Office (Gross USA):

$529
Runtime:

1h 40m
Production Co:

Columbia
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

You Ge
YoYo

Rosamund Kwan
Lucy

Donald Sutherland
Tyler

Da Ying
Louis

Paul Mazursky
Tony

Ping He

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Critic Reviews for Big Shot's Funeral

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (12)

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May 2, 2003 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Empire Magazine
By American standards, the satire is about 50 years behind the times, but even accounting for cultural differences, the comedy is limp and the storytelling so inept as to provoke amazement.

January 17, 2003 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Fast disintegrates into a series of semi-coherent scenes.

November 11, 2002 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jamie Russell
BBC.com
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December 6, 2005 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Film Threat
A twisted farce, a touching character study, a bridge around the world; I love it.

September 27, 2005 | Rating: 5/5

Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné
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August 11, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Western audiences will have no idea that this is meant to be funny.

June 22, 2003 | Rating: 53/100 | Full Review…

Jamie Gillies
Apollo Guide
Funeral is a wild shot at the sheer gaudiness of both advertising and entertainment, and more often than not, it's right on target.

April 13, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com
There's been a glut of movies lately that feature a film within a film, a conceit that is already tiresome enough. But this Chinese-American co-production is so poorly executed, with such a lack of subtlety, it's one of the worst.

March 21, 2003 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Jeff Vice
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
A frenetic satire of Hollywood pretension and Chinese capitalism -- an idea as incongruous as a Woody Allen romp about the wacky world of collective farming.

March 21, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Sean P. Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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January 16, 2003 | Rating: 5/10

Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Much of this is way over the top, irritating and entertaining in equal measure.

January 16, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Rich Cline
Film Threat

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