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Death at a Funeral
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MPAA RATING: R for language and drug content
Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Andy Nyman, Keeley Hawes, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, and Peter Dinklage
On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother, Robert, who's just flown in from New York, not to mention the promises of a new life he's made to his wife Jane. Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha and her dependable new fiancé Simon are desperate to make a good impression on Martha's uptight father--a plan that literally goes out the window when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en rout to the service. Then there's the mysterious guest who threatens to unveil an earth-shattering family secret. As mayhem and unfortunate mishaps ensue on every front, it is up to the two brothers to hide the truth from their family and friends and figure out how to not only bury their dearly beloved, but the secret he's been keeping. (MGM)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: | Dean Craig |
| DIRECTED BY: | Frank Oz |
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DVD: February 26, 2008 Theatrical: August 17, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Germany / UK / USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 57 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Joey W. gave it a10:
Quite possibly the most side splittingly hilarious film I have ever seen.
Tiago M. gave it an8:
The most hilarious film ever made!!! Perfect!
Ron S gave it a10:
Not really laugh-out-loud humor (except for a few parts) but very funny nonetheless. British comedies in general usually have that particular sense of humor that is fun to watch. "I *knew* it!" That was great.
Other G. gave it an8:
Wow, that was weird, I thought maybe I had reviewed this and didn't remember. Weird. Except I liked the movie unlike that other Grant C. This was a great example of British comedy in its prime. Care free, not like one of our American comedies that are purely about stupidity. And the deal about gays in this story was not to insult gays, just as a small humorous piece of the story.
Christopher J. gave it an8:
Great characters, great twists, no message--just for laughs.
LOLgrantC Cod gave it a7:
Grant you give homosexuals a bad name. Hell, you give human beings a bad name. Please develop a sense of humor and try not to set us back any more years. kthnxbi The movie was decent; not meant for british comedy snobs.
To Grant. C gave it a0:
"it is socially acceptable to openly ridicule queers as some kind of warped acknowledgment of their existence - it's not acceptable, and is in fact another form of oppression." Okay, you're reading into this piss poor film way too deeply. It's not oppression. It's bad characterization. Take yourself a bit less seriously and stop thinking everyones out to hate 'queers'.

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