An apologetic-looking cast treads gingerly over the resulting wreckage, though only the guy in the coffin emerges with his credibility intact.
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11/02/07
Death at a Funeral (2007)
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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
Reviews for Death at a Funeral
A patchy but silly caper that will be dead funny (sorry) for anyone who’s recently wrestled with family hysteria. Perfect pre-Christmas fare then.
11/02/07
Scatological grue, nudity, swearing, drug-taking and the chance to watch two grown men wrestle a midget…
11/01/07
When people try to make British comedies for American audiences, bad things invariably happen.
11/01/07
A sole potty joke is unnecessarily crass, but for the most part this is joyfully funny.
11/01/07
Top CriticFor farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.
10/30/07
Feels strained.
10/28/07
Goofy burial digs up family secrets; not for kids.
10/22/07
Death at a Funeral might have been made in the 1960s, not to be released until well past its stale date.
10/12/07
The film begins with a vaguely tired joke, but this just makes what follows that much more delicious.
10/12/07
Weighing in at a brisk 90 minutes, the picture does have the advantage of brevity, and on screen no less than off, there's much to be said for a quick send-off.
10/12/07
Very funny and entertaining, a sometimes-dark comedy somewhere between Four Weddings and a Funeral and Meet the Parents.
10/12/07
It's a British comedy that shows the minor miracles that can be performed with a cast of (mostly) British actors, a drawing room, and a funny idea.
09/21/07
I nearly died laughing.
09/13/07
Once everything is finally in place, Death at a Funeral springs to comedic life with such speed and assurance that it's hard to complain.
09/12/07
The stench of desperation wafts from the screen, as Craig and Oz randomly grasp at one hackneyed device after another ...
09/11/07
Another Frank Oz comedy with a mean streak, this time with such delights as an old man defecating in his wheelchair.
09/03/07
Death at a Funeral may be the funniest movie ever set in such a deadly serious setting.
09/01/07
Top Critic...the funniest movie in years, maybe decades.
08/31/07
Once it gets some speed behind it, the thing just barrels forward with reckless abandon, tossing out gags that work at an impressively effective rate.
08/26/07
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