Though it doesn't hit the same comic heights as Bowfinger, Death at a Funeral is a fun little romp. Granted, not
all of the characters are meant to be humorous, like Daniel
(Matthew Macfadyen, Pride & Prejudice) and his wife,
Jane (Keeley Hawes, Tristram Shandy), straight-faced
foils for the more over-the-top performers. After Daniel's
father passes away, the couple offers to host the funeral,
so all his relatives descend on the family abode, including
Daniel's estranged brother, Robert (Rupert Graves, V for
Vendetta). The mood is already tense when their cousin,
Martha (Daisy Donovan), arrives with her nervous fiancé,
Simon (Alan Tudyk, Serenity). On the way over, Simon
takes a Valium that's actually a hallucinogenic concoction
cooked up by Martha's pharmacology student brother. By the
time they arrive, Simon's inhibitions are gone with the
wind. Other guests include Uncle Alfie (Peter Vaughn) and an
uninvited American mourner (Peter Dinklage). By the end of
the movie, one of these individuals will be dead. Though
he's worked in the States for several decades, director
Frank Oz was born in the UK, and Death at a Funeral
feels like the work of a British filmmaker.
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full
Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R
(Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Release
Date: April 16, 2010
EN
5 Second Review:
A complete waste of time. Why would you remake a
three year old movie and make it worse than the
original, what exactly is the point. There are a
couple of laughs, but this is a movie to wait
for cable. It feels made for cable to begin
with.
