A fine British cast is wasted on feeble material.
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11/17/07
Death at a Funeral (2007)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:75
Rotten:43
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Death At A Funeral is a rousing British farce, with enough slapstick silliness to overcome its faults.
Theatrical Release:02-11-2007
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
Death at a Funeral has a great cast and a suitably chaotic plot but it's never quite as funny as it thinks it is.
11/02/07
In the end the knockabout humour totally destroys the glimmers of spiteful sophistication which would have made it much funnier.
11/02/07
Take away the Four Weddings and you get this dismal Brit-com.
11/02/07
Top CriticYou'll wince and fidget and groan, and finally wonder at the nerve of the film-makers who thought they could get away with this.
11/02/07
I hear the script was funny, which is hard to believe: this is grim, misjudged and seems to go on for ever.
11/02/07
Top CriticA staggeringly inept farce.
11/02/07
Scientists believe that black holes can slow down the progress of time. A similar effect can be felt by viewers of this damp squib of a farce as it grinds on from one lame set-up to the next.
11/02/07
Top CriticAs funny as losing a finger.
11/02/07
A pleasantly unpleasant comedy that belatedly delivers. You won't die laughing but you shouldn't expire from boredom either.
11/02/07
Top CriticA farce - but not in the way its makers intended.
11/02/07
An apologetic-looking cast treads gingerly over the resulting wreckage, though only the guy in the coffin emerges with his credibility intact.
11/02/07
Top CriticA 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
Top CriticWhen 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
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07/31/07
In the end, the all-out pandemonium wins us over, but only just.
06/23/07
Death be not proud, but it sure be funny in this deliciously dark comedy.
10/09/09
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04/23/09
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