Deathly dull
Don't waste your time or money on Death at a Funeral. Even the actors seem bored, despite the evidence of the outtakes where none of them can get a line out without cracking up - but even the outtakes aren't funny. I think the actors had to take the suspect Valium themselves, just to get through this utterly dull movie.
Even the usually hilarious Kris Marshall (My Family) can't save this film. He's left to perform a flat, tired version of his Nick Harper character.
The movie also tortures Matthew Macfadyen (pictured left), Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Rupert Graves, and Alan Tudyk.
Death at a Funeral *MINOR SPOILERS*
The premise sounds faintly promising, beginning when a strait-laced solicitor, on his way to his girlfriend's uncle's funeral, pops Acid thinking it's Valium.
Meanwhile, the sons of the deceased have to deal with the news that their father was gay, and his lover has arrived wanting his share of the estate. In a typical comedy of errors, the blackmailing lover is force-fed Valium that is not Valium.
Believing him to be dead, the only logical option for the brothers is to hide the body in the coffin with their father's corpse. The only problem is the house full of funeral guests.
Death At A Funeral
Dull as dishwater
Death at a Funeral
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
Death at a Funeral is a comedy with no life in it (pun unintended). The actors don't seem to want to be there, and the (very) few moments that do make you chuckle seem very out of place.
Go ahead, disagree. I dare you.
Did you find this movie as boring as I did?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYup. What a yawn.
No way! I couldn't stop laughing!
yhurg says:
Maybe I don't get out enough but I thought this flick was good stuff. How often does a coffin get attacked at a funeral wake?
Posted May 23, 2008
Dumb quotes
Undertaker: Pardon me?
Daniel: This is not my father.
(Yeah, we saw that one coming a mile away.)
Martha: What did you just say?
Troy: I said the Valium you gave to Simon wasn't actually Valium. It's an hallucinogenic concoction. You know, stuff like acid, mescaline, a little ketamine.
Martha: This isn't funny Troy.
Troy: I'm not being funny. Look at him. He's off his tits!
Martha: You absolute little twat! What the hell are you doing leaving this stuff around your flat?
Troy: I didn't know someone was going to take it, did I? I mean who just goes into someone else's flat and takes random pills?
Martha: They were in a Valium bottle!
Death at a Funeral movie stills
Simon the solicitor high on something that is definitely not Valium, Martha his girlfriend, and her father.Martha and her brother the pharmacist (Kris Marshall) trying to work out how to keep Simon out of trouble until the drugs wear off.
Howard and Uncle Alfie
Peter the lover of the deceased
"What do you mean it's not Valium we gave him? It said Valium on the bottle." - brothers Robert and Daniel and friend Howard get themselves and Peter into deep water.
Instead of Death at a Funeral, try these British comedies
Four Weddings and a Funeral
It's very obvious that Death at a Funeral is trying to take the concept of FWaaF and make the funeral the funny part. It doesn't work. Watch the original and best British neurotic comedy instead.
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Amazon Price: $7.49 (as of 07/26/2008)
Shaun of the Dead
If you have to watch dumb British comedy, at least watch something that's quotable.
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Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
