A young man's life is thrown into a loop when he is asked to be a pallbearer for the funeral of a classmate he doesn't remember, and his old high school crush temporarily returns to town.
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Title: The Pallbearer (1996)
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Cast
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| David Schwimmer | ... | Tom Thompson | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Julie DeMarco | |
| Michael Rapaport | ... | Brad Schorr | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Cynthia | |
| Carol Kane | ... | Tom's Mother | |
| Michael Vartan | ... | Scott | |
| Bitty Schram | ... | Lauren | |
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Jean De Baer | ... | Suzanne DeMarco |
| Elizabeth Franz | ... | Aunt Lucille | |
| Mark Margolis | ... | Philip DeMarco | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Ruth Abernathy | |
| Edoardo Ballerini | ... | The Job Interviewer | |
| Matthew Faber | ... | Jared | |
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Robin Morse | ... | Sylvie |
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Tony Machine | ... | The Undertaker |
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Chaos unfolds as Tom is roped into being a pallbearer (and delivering the eulogy!) by the mother of a recently deceased "friend" from high school that he just can't remember. In the meantime, an unrequited love from high school (NOT the dead guy's girlfriend) reappears in his life. Written by Anonymous
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A comedy about life-long crushes, mistaken identity and one really bad eulogy. See more »Parents Guide:
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3 May 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,319,236, 5 May 1996, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$5,656,388, 31 December 1996Company Credits
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Tom: Don't make a big deal out of it!
Brad Schorr: Did you tell Scott?
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Written by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
Performed by Sheryl Crow
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
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The roller coaster Tom and Julie ride is actually the Blue Streak, which is located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. See more »Goofs
The legal pad Tom scripts his phone call on is yellow in medium shot and white in the closeup inserts. See more »Quotes
Brad Schorr: Did you have sex with the dead guy's mother?Tom: Don't make a big deal out of it!
Brad Schorr: Did you tell Scott?
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I Shall BelieveWritten by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
Performed by Sheryl Crow
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
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Maybe you need low expectations to enjoy anything about this movie--I actually had very few at all except that I remember it being called a "dark comedy"at the time of its release. Well, dark comedies can be very well done and extremely funny, Doctor Strangelove and Harold and Maude come to mind. Unfortunately "The Pallbearer" doesn't deliver--there are some moments which are undeniably funny, though the eulogy mentioned in the tag line wasn't one of them. The plot is a little thin to hang a movie on, in fact it might have been better done as an episode of "Friends," about twenty minutes could have handled the whole thing.
There's an immense amount of filler here--long, excruciating shots of David Schwimmer and his goofy expression as he tries to pretend he knows the poor loser from high school, recently deceased, that he can't remember, but is asked to act as pallbearer for.
Everyone in this movie seems to be in one form of pain or another--Paltrow keeps repeating how she "has to leave," but really doesn't explain why, in fact part of the plot seems to be her inability to explain why. Those who like romantic comedies should stay away, for those who like just plain dark comedies might want to look elsewhere as well; question is whether a couple of funny moments in an otherwise dull bleak movie is worth the time.