Death at a Funeral (2007)
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
- Frank Oz
- Dean Craig
Rating: 6.9/10 by 1722 users
Alternative Title:
Joyeuses funérailles - FR
Morte no Funeral - BR
超完美告别 - CN
Muerte en un Funeral - SV
Stor oppstandelse - NO
Смерть на похоронах - UA
Morte num Funeral - PT
Un funeral de muerte - ES
Sterben fuer Anfaenger - DE
Country:
Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 31 minutes
Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $46,789,413
Plot Keyword: farewell, sibling relationship, funeral, parent child relationship, age difference, coffin, sadness, dark comedy, lsd, gathering, surprise, studies, hallucinogen, drug trip, arrogance, female corpse
Great watch, will likely watch again, and do recommend. This is a great example of a movie. That may seem like a nothing statement, but more movies, especially ones that insist on multi-threaded story lines should pay attention to how this movie works structurally and mechanically. There are about 10 different story lines happening, and it is almost perfectly balanced. There are pivotal moments when the story lines come together (very similar things in "Crash", "Love, Actually", "Snatch", and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels"), but without having to cut all over the place or having to re-tell parts of the story from other character perspectives. The movie moves on almost seamlessly from event to event, at a rather tilted rate at one point, and is never distracted from the movie. There are a ton of interesting characters, each with their own motivations, and the increasingly ridiculous scenarios that occur are all well established earlier on so it doesn't seem sudden or jarring. And if nothing else, Alan Tudyk losing his mind as he deals with being drugged is amazing, and well worth the watch all on it's own. Unless you're just crippled with anxiety about funerals, I expect that you'll enjoy this one very much.
