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Death at a Funeral (2007) 7.3
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7.3/10 from 64,845 users
Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 185 user | 161 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family. Director:Frank OzWriter:Dean Craig |
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Cast
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| Matthew Macfadyen | ... |
Daniel
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| Keeley Hawes | ... | ||
| Andy Nyman | ... | ||
| Ewen Bremner | ... | ||
| Daisy Donovan | ... | ||
| Alan Tudyk | ... | ||
| Jane Asher | ... | ||
| Kris Marshall | ... | ||
| Rupert Graves | ... | ||
| Peter Vaughan | ... | ||
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Thomas Wheatley | ... | |
| Peter Egan | ... | ||
| Peter Dinklage | ... | ||
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Brendan O'Hea | ... |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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Daniel is a decent young man, married to Jane, still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On this painful morning, the suitable grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such circumstances will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work, the return from the USA of his famous but selfish brother, his cousin's fiancé who has accidentally ingested drugs, the presence a moron who takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart (or rather the body) of a woman who is about to marry another, of a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know... Written by Guy Bellinger
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Last rites... and wrongs. See more »Genres:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 July 2007 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Muerte en un funeral See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£357,212 (UK) (2 November 2007)Gross:
£2,754,050 (UK) (9 July 2010)Company Credits
Production Co:
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Parabolic Pictures Inc., Stable Way Entertainment See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Daniel: [giving instructions to the pallbearers] Just, uh, straight through there and to the left, please.
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Did You Know?
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The actors who played married couple, Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen) and Jane (Keeley Hawes), are husband and wife in real life. See more »Goofs
When Simon gets out of the bathroom window he is completely naked, but moments later he appears in the same position leaning over to spit and you can see the edge of his underwear at the bottom right of the screen. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Daniel: [giving instructions to the pallbearers] Just, uh, straight through there and to the left, please.
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A midget, hallucinogenic drugs, homosexuality, sibling rivalry, nudity, and a funeral come together in riotous chaotic harmony in Death at a Funeral. The films story unfolds in the span of an afternoon and despite the short duration of plot Frank Oz, directory, endears us to the characters with witty and realistic dialog. What better setting than a funeral to highlight the humor and irony of life? The characters' mourning is completely relatable because it isn't overwrought or melodramatic and is thus all the more genuine.
Family turmoil overshadows the funeral and propels the characters into awkward but hilarious situations. The film does not forget it takes place during a funeral and by the end a heartfelt eulogy is delivered in spite of the lunacy surrounding it.
The humor is just dry enough to complement the somewhat dark comedy but not so dry that it alienates the audience.
I haven't laughed this much at a film in a very long time...especially a film about a funeral.