Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
Matthew Macfadyen
- Daniel
- (as Matthew MacFadyen)
Paul Buchanan
- Pall Bearer
- (uncredited)
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Basically, this movie is just a bunch of people, from the same family, who get together for the funeral of the patriarch of the family. But one of those people has a secret regarding this man.
Now, the thing that I wanted to see in this movie was funny situations and the characters dealing with them in funny ways. An that's what I saw. The movie is well written, well directed, although i would have liked to see longer shots like moving into a different scene without cutting.' The acting is good too. Some of the character are pretty forgettable but there are some that I will never forget.
Like Peter Dinklage's character. I mean the dude was funny as sh*t. Rupert Graves is good in the movie, you know Lestrade from BBC's Sherlock. He kinda reminded me of Barney Stinson. There's another dude, played by Kris Marshall and he's like a drug dealer, dude was good. And Wash from Firefly he's in this movie, most of the movie he's on drugs, but he plays it good.
To wrap up the movie funny and good. That is all I have to say
Now, the thing that I wanted to see in this movie was funny situations and the characters dealing with them in funny ways. An that's what I saw. The movie is well written, well directed, although i would have liked to see longer shots like moving into a different scene without cutting.' The acting is good too. Some of the character are pretty forgettable but there are some that I will never forget.
Like Peter Dinklage's character. I mean the dude was funny as sh*t. Rupert Graves is good in the movie, you know Lestrade from BBC's Sherlock. He kinda reminded me of Barney Stinson. There's another dude, played by Kris Marshall and he's like a drug dealer, dude was good. And Wash from Firefly he's in this movie, most of the movie he's on drugs, but he plays it good.
To wrap up the movie funny and good. That is all I have to say
8ejev
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.
Don't watch the American remake. This is the version to watch, absolutely hilarious. No spoilers- just watch it and treat yourself to some laughs. 8/10.
It's been ages since I had such a good time enjoying a movie. While other movies about dysfunctional families are so dramatic and serious, Death at a Funeral makes things brighter and funnier even at a funeral. The characters are not complex, but various - an accidentally drugged men, a hurting widow, a famous writer and his brother who cannot escape the other one's glorious shade, a hypochondric young men, a sever father, a sour old men, a homosexual blackmailer... and much, much chaos. This antithesis between life, with its different forms of manifestation, and death makes Death at a Funeral a juicy mild-black comedy.
I found this to be the funniest movie that I've seen in ages. We saw it today (July 12th) in Herzliya, Israel at the local movie theater at the mall.
There were only 8 people in the whole audience, and my husband and I filled the room with howls of laughter.
The actors are fabulous, especially Alan Tudyk, Khris Marshall, Andy Nyman, Peter Dinklage, and Daisy Donovan. Actually, the whole ensemble was great.
Especially Alan Tudyk keeps his frenetic performance absolutely hysterically funny, throughout most of the film!
Free of Hollywood hype, this film was a pleasure.
The wackiest Funeral you'll ever witness.
There were only 8 people in the whole audience, and my husband and I filled the room with howls of laughter.
The actors are fabulous, especially Alan Tudyk, Khris Marshall, Andy Nyman, Peter Dinklage, and Daisy Donovan. Actually, the whole ensemble was great.
Especially Alan Tudyk keeps his frenetic performance absolutely hysterically funny, throughout most of the film!
Free of Hollywood hype, this film was a pleasure.
The wackiest Funeral you'll ever witness.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe actors who played married couple, Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen) and Jane (Keeley Hawes), are husband and wife in real life.
- GoofsWhen Howard emerges from the study grinning, Daniel, Jane and Robert all turn around and stare at him in horror. Except that they wouldn't be able to see him. In the following shot, it is obvious that the view of the study door is obstructed by a wall.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits give the name of each performer with a blooper shot of them cracking up during filming.
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Un funeral de muerte
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,580,428
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,282,973
- Aug 19, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $46,789,726
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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