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Title: Death at a Funeral (2007)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew Macfadyen | ... | Daniel (as Matthew MacFadyen) | |
| Keeley Hawes | ... | Jane | |
| Andy Nyman | ... | Howard | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Justin | |
| Daisy Donovan | ... | Martha | |
| Alan Tudyk | ... | Simon | |
| Jane Asher | ... | Sandra | |
| Kris Marshall | ... | Troy | |
| Rupert Graves | ... | Robert | |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | Uncle Alfie | |
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Thomas Wheatley | ... | The Reverend |
| Peter Egan | ... | Victor | |
| Peter Dinklage | ... | Peter | |
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Brendan O'Hea | ... | Undertaker |
| Jeremy Booth | ... | Mourner | |
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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I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of this, even though I had enjoyed the trailer in the theater. There had been some comments about cruel humor, which I just didn't see. The story was well structured, with groundwork laid early on for very funny bits much later in the film that got us laughing hard without hitting us over the head with the joke. The moments of comic tension were good, without that excruciating sense that someone was going to be horribly embarrassed, or hurt, or whatever, that American films seem to have. The situation is very well known to everyone who's been to a family funeral, although in America we would have the service in a funeral home or church, and we've all had moments when we want to laugh at the wrong time, or notice something a little out of the ordinary in the service that seems to cry out for comment. My husband, 14 year old daughter and I enjoyed the film immensely, and we all gave it an 8 out of 10, with some good carryover lines to quote amongst ourselves. Go see it, enjoy, and leave the political correctness at home.