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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Negative: 1 out of 17

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  1. [Anonymous]
    Feb 9, 2005
    10
    Finally a film about a family that connects with each about as well and as funnily as mine does.
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  2. TimG.
    Apr 7, 2006
    10
    Zooey Rules! You super fun power hour girl of 2005 and beyond! oh ! Almost forgot Elf! That 2004...You rocked the house with that one too! And Famke why you no say hi to me in new york? I bumped into you three times in virgin and soho and nomoho and you ignored me like I was dirty cat in crazy alley. Gotta go.Oh, by the way These critics got stick up patootie!
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  3. [Anonymous]
    Oct 15, 2004
    1
    Waste of time... script idea was stolen from an intelligent indie called In Memory of My Father which is not yet released... Eulogy is a weak attempt at an idea that could have been brilliant, resulting in a bunch of talented actors not trying to come together... the coalition of the unwilling.
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  4. KateC.
    Oct 15, 2004
    7
    Its a nice little black comedy... Funny and weird, probably wont be accepted by all
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  5. BillP
    Mar 15, 2005
    8
    Wickedly funny. Those critics who degraded this film did so because they simply didn't get it.....or were simply afriad to admit they understood it. Debra Winger has rarely been better. Ray Romano is - for the first time - palatable. Quirky? You bet...but so is life, n'est pas?
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  6. KevinC.
    May 17, 2005
    7
    This is about as dark as comedy gets. And for that - for being different than every other comedy - I give it props. The extremely low reviews really surprised me too; I for one laughed, I was amused. Don't expect the greatest movie ever, but it's certainly not awful.
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  7. ChadS.
    Jul 27, 2006
    6
    In a movie that features a grandmother who pulls an Elliott Smith in a moving vehicle, at least the filmmaker has the common sense to cut short a family-sing-along before the clan's inevitable reconciliation totally drowns in bathos. "Eulogy" is about another dysfunctional family that deep down actually loves each other. It at least has more laughs than "The Family Stone". Lesbians are always a lot of fun. The realness of Zooey Deschanel helps offset the comic broadness that plagues an almost unrecognizable Debra Winger and her unlikely family. At least "Eulogy" has a short running time. Expand
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  8. RhettB.
    Nov 14, 2004
    10
    I saw the premier at Sundance. I thought it was one of funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I'm surprised the reviews have not been very good.l Taken on its own merits, I thought it was a lot of fun.
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  9. FilazaferX
    Feb 13, 2005
    7
    This movie is not perfect, but the parts that do work made me laugh out loud. Most movies just don't do that. All of these actors showed some real talent. It could have been excellent, instead it's just good.
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  10. BillD
    Feb 17, 2005
    9
    I haven't laughed so hard since I watched my drunken aunt ruin my cousin's wedding.
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Metascore

Generally unfavorable - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Negative: 6 out of 12
  1. Reviewed by: Clint Morris
    60
    It's more about watching an ensemble cast try to one-up one another's performance than anything else – and for what it is, it works.
  2. Reviewed by: Joshua Land
    20
    If the recurring gag about Grandma's suicide attempts doesn't have you rolling in the aisles, there's always the domineering aunt whose husband sits at the kiddie table.
  3. The cast itself is weirdly overqualified.