Death at a Funeral (2010)

A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.

Director:

Neil LaBute

Writer:

Dean Craig

Stars:

Keith David, Loretta Devine, Martin Lawrence

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keith David	...	Reverend Davis
Loretta Devine	...	Cynthia
Peter Dinklage	...	Frank
Ron Glass	...	Duncan
Danny Glover	...	Uncle Russell
Regina Hall	...	Michelle
Kevin Hart	...	Brian
Martin Lawrence	...	Ryan
James Marsden	...	Oscar
Tracy Morgan	...	Norman
Chris Rock	...	Aaron
Zoe Saldana	...	Elaine (as Zoë Saldaña)
Columbus Short	...	Jeff
Luke Wilson	...	Derek
Regine Nehy	...	Martina

Storyline

Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body; a cousin gives her fiancé a Valium from her brother's apartment, not knowing her brother is dealing drugs - it's LSD and the fiancé arrives at the funeral wildly stoned; Aaron's younger brother, Ryan, a successful writer, flies in from New York broke but arrogant; one uncle is angry over his daughter's choice of boyfriends, and the other is cranky and coarse. Add an ovulating wife, a jealous ex-boyfriend, and a short stranger who wants a word with Aaron - what could he want? Would another death solve Aaron's problems? And what about the eulogy?

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Plot Keywords:

funeral | family secret | death | valium | eulogy | 

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Taglines:

This is one sad family.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, drug content and some sexual humor

Details

Official Sites:

Sony [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Festa col morto

Filming Locations:

917 Buena Vista Street, South Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,217,540 (USA) (16 April 2010)

Gross:

$42,739,347 (USA) (2 July 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Wonderful Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

WILHELM SCREAM: When Oscar turns over the casket and the body rolls out.

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Goofs

When we first see the naked Oscar hanging from the gable on the roof of the house, he's about three feet from the window. Subsequently, in close-up he's much closer than that, and we can see Jeff reach right out and grab him, as he is much closer to the window now than before.

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Quotes

Jeff: He got in a fight with the table, and the table won.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World/Eat Pray Love/The Expendables (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Shortenin' Bread"
Traditional

User Reviews

See the original

The original British version is much better. It had more subtle humor and was all the more better for it. This follows typical American humor, and decides if your not slapped in the face with it, it can't possibly be funny. While I find Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence funny sometimes, they are much better when they aren't shouting at the top of their voice. Just not a huge fan of the loud African-American talk (yelling mostly). It just gets on the nerves and doesn't quite pull off being funny.

If the loud slapstick humor is your thing, then this version is for you. But if you prefer a bit more intelligent humor, go see the original version.