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:

screwball comedy | ensemble cast | ensemble film | ensemble comedy | family patriarch | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie is a remake of the 2007 movie of the same name. Although Hollywood has a history of making American versions of foreign films, the original versions are usually in a language other than English. Not the case here, since the original film was a British production and filmed in English. This is a very unusual case of a remake being made very quickly of an English-language movie that had a theatrical release in the U.S. Both versions of the story enjoyed success worldwide. The 2007 version earned just over $46 million, and this version earned just over $49 million.

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Goofs

Jeff says he's a pharmacology student. His father Duncan asks him how things are going at Pepperdine. Per their own website, Pepperdine has no pharmacology program. He is using term "pharmacology student" as a euphemism for "drug dealer."

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Quotes

Norman: You still smokin' that stuff?
Derek: No no no, I'm gonna stop, all right? *You* used to smoke, we used to smoke *together*.
Norman: I used to piss my pants and then I stopped!

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.32 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Candy
Written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
Performed by Cameo
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

I never watched the original

Reading other reviews it's clear many people diddn't think it needed to be made a remake of the original, which I haven't watched.

I chuckled more times than i thought i would before watching the movie. I think Martin Lawrence, James Marsden and Columbus Short's characters were particular engaging do to the actors performances although mainly in the first half, as some of the jokes got abit cringy later in the movie.

I think Tracy Morgan's character had alot of potensial, but his scenes ended up predictable, over the top and not funny.

Details

Official Sites:

Sony [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Death at a Funeral

Filming Locations:

917 Buena Vista Street, South Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,217,540, 18 April 2010

Gross USA:

$42,739,347

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$49,050,886

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