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The Burial Society

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Rob LaBelle in The Burial Society (2002)
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Sheldon Kasner gets drawn into the underworld of money laundering and concocts an elaborate scheme involving the "Chevrah Kadisha", the society of devout Jewish men who prepare bodies for bu... Read allSheldon Kasner gets drawn into the underworld of money laundering and concocts an elaborate scheme involving the "Chevrah Kadisha", the society of devout Jewish men who prepare bodies for burial.Sheldon Kasner gets drawn into the underworld of money laundering and concocts an elaborate scheme involving the "Chevrah Kadisha", the society of devout Jewish men who prepare bodies for burial.
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    • Rob LaBelle
    • Jan Rubes
    • Allan Rich
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    • Jan Rubes
    • Allan Rich
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    Rob LaBelle
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    • Sheldon Kasner
    Jan Rubes
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    • Marvin Telekunsky
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    • Hy Leibowicz
    Bill Meilen
    • Harry Epstein
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    Chevrah Kadisha Alert!
    The real interesting part of 'The Burial Society" happens at the beginning, where the main character tries to get into the Chevrah Kadisha, (essentially a Jewish Burial group) because his former occupation, as an office flunky wasn't going to well. Now, right there! THAT would be a great movie! But noooooooo… It starts unraveling that our friendly businessman has a few skeletons in his closet, about why he joined the society in the first place, what really happened at his former job, etc etc.

    I really did like the Barton Finkesque qualities that the main character, played by Rob Labelle brought to this role. I agree with a number with of reviewers that this movie tries to emulate the best Coen brothers work, (most notably, coincidentally enough, Barton Fink), but the movie tries WAY to hard and provides too many plot twists for viewers to fully understand what is going on, the ending doesn't help either, providing a cheat that leaves everything up in the air, leaving us trying, vainly, as I am sure repeat viewings wouldn't help, to piece everything together.
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      • May 28, 2004 (United States)
      • Canada
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      • Hebrew
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      • Burrard Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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      • British Columbia Film Commission
      • CITY-TV
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