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:

Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Keith David

6 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:

male objectification | nudity | rooftop | sitting on a rooftop | bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

Die laughing on April 16

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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 [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Panique aux funérailles

Filming Locations:

917 Buena Vista Street, South Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,217,540, 18 April 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$42,739,347, 4 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

This film features Ron Glass, who starred on Firefly (2002). Death at a Funeral (2007) featured Alan Tudyk, who also starred in Firefly (2002). Glass and Tudyk appeared in the "Firefly" follow-up movie, Serenity (2005).

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Goofs

When we first see Jeff, he is playing the video game Uncharted. However, when he appears to lose the game, you can faintly hear the "game over" sound from Metal Gear Solid, a completely different video game series.

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Quotes

Cynthia: [to her childless daughter in law] You can't understand death until you've given life.

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Connections

Remake of Death at a Funeral (2007)

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Soundtracks

Steppin' to the Bad Side
Written by Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger

User Reviews

I was quite entertained by this version of Death at a Funeral

This is another picture I watched with my movie theatre working friend. It's a remake of a Frank Oz-helmed film for Britain that came out just three years ago. This version was directed by Neil LaBute with a cast that included Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Luke Wilson, Zoe Saldana, James Marsden, Peter Dinklage (the only one to reprise his role from the previous version), and Danny Glover. Many of the people I just mentioned provided many good laughs, especially Marsden as a drugged wanderer, though there were also some-pardon the pun-dead spots as well. Still, this was quite an entertaining comedy to me that didn't become too unbelievable in the way things happened. Since I hadn't seen Oz' version, however, I can't compare them yet. So on that note, that's a recommendation for Death at a Funeral.