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51 out of 100

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5.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence
  • Summary: Directed by Neil LaBute, Death at a Funeral is a hilarious day in the life of an American family come together to put a beloved husband and father to rest. As mourners gather at the family home, shocking revelations, festering resentments, ugly threats, blackmail and a misdirected corpse unleash lethal and riotous mayhem. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    I laughed all the way through, in fact. This is the best comedy since "The Hangover," and although it's almost a scene-by-scene remake of a 2007 British movie with the same title, it's funnier than the original.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    60
    Proving that a comedy's performers are sometimes more important than its jokes, this remake of Frank Oz's dreary 2007 British farce of the same name livens up the proceedings by subbing in a comic African-American all-star cast.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    33
    Rock acquits himself nicely as the responsible brother and resident straight man, but everyone else in the cast has apparently been advised to mug shamelessly and yell their lines as loudly as possible.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 9 out of 18
  1. GavGav96
    7
    There are good bits and there are bad bits, but this not-too-bad movie (that's been made extremely soon after the original) has good laughs and likeable characters to make this remake a success in its own right.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. Ruler101
    5
    Other than this movie having one kid on "X" (James Marsden), it wasn't that wonderful. The moments in between where Ryan (Martin Lawrence) and Aaron (Chris Rock) are arguing were only funny for the first bit then it became boring. Yes so they think they killed their fathers midget lover Frank (Peter Dinklage), but they cant even do that in a hilarious way. It was just not all what i thought it would be cracked up to be.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ChrisC
    3
    I found the original to be funnier due to it's intentional morbid and emphasized dry humor. This made the punch-lines and "read-between-the-lines" jokes far more potent. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy our kings of comedy, but personally, I don't feel it surpassed the original, being a well made movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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