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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.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
US 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
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
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Top CriticNo, there aren't a lot of surprise giggles in it. But at this Funeral, the pleasure is in seeing those giggles coming.
Top CriticScreenwriter Dean Craig and director Frank Oz are not at all shy about possibly offending midgets, the elderly or the dead. From a hilariously insipid rambling eulogy to a naked man on the roof, this funeral turns into a demented upper-class riot.
A sole potty joke is unnecessarily crass, but for the most part this is joyfully funny.
Top CriticAlthough set in England with a predominantly British cast, Death at a Funeral is no stiff-upper-lipped comedy, but a lean, mean, and often crude, farce.
Very funny and entertaining, a sometimes-dark comedy somewhere between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Meet the Parents.
I'm just thrilled Oz is recharging his directorial mojo, making a funny movie that contains some actual funny
This is classic British ensemble comedy in a traditional style, with wonderfully understated performances by everyone %u2013 except the unfortunate guest mistakenly high on acid.
A heartless film in which dozens of selfish people don't care at all about the dead guy, which allows us to laugh instead of, you know, grieving.
This Funeral won't leave audiences in a mournful state.
Death at a Funeral may be the funniest movie ever set in such a deadly serious setting.
Top CriticDirector Frank Oz nearly redeems himself after his disastrous "Stepford Wives" remake, with a British black comedy that goes over the top backwards.
Death at a Funeral is a dark British farce whose conventionality should not be held against it -- old-fashioned farces are murder to bring off.
feels like a British attempt to pull off American humor -- broad versus dry. And while it doesn't always work, it makes for an interesting take on a familiar dish.
Death at a Funeral shows us how funny farce can be -- even with the hokiest of premises -- in the hands of the British.
Top CriticThanks to its finely honed timing, hilarious one-liners, quirky characters and non-stop laughs, 'Death at a Funeral' is enormously funny.
A well-stitched comedy that veers a little toward by-the-numbers but manages a few sweet surprises.
The talented ensemble cast brings a certain amount of class to what ends up being a genuinely laugh out loud funny comedy.
Everything that can go wrong does go wrong in the funeral that serves as the center of this serviceable, well-acted British comedy, which offers some clever hijinks and some amusing moments if not really big laughs.
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