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What it's about:
On the morning of his father's funeral everything goes wrong for Daniel. His charming and famous novelist brother jets in from New York to deliver the eulogy, his cousin's new fiancé accidentally takes hallucinogenic drugs and a mysterious mourner threatens to unveil an earth-shattering secret about his father unless the family cuts him in on the inheritance.
It's up to the brothers with their unresolved sibling rivalries to hide their father's secret from family and friends while trying to give him a dignified send off.
What we thought of it:
Director Frank Oz promises laughs in the opening credits of Death at a Funeral... and he delivers!
Mix a small person with a scandalous secret about a deceased patriarch, a nervous son-in-law-to-be on hallucinogenic drugs, a psychoneurotic cousin, a senile potty-mouthed uncle, add a dash of wit and British decorum, and round off with a few sprinkles of prejudice and voila, you have this year's funniest comedy!
As with really good comedies the plot is simple, with quirky characters keeping this fast-paced story moving forward. British actors are renowned for their dead-on comedic timing, and this is undisputed in Death at a Funeral. Alan Tudyk's physical gags are fantastic and Peter Dinklage is simply perfect as the blackmailing dwarf. Jane Asher's performance as the quietly grieving widow is superb. (Watch out for her dry retort to her daughter-in-law.)
The comedy is a bit crude at times, those who aren't fans of toilet humor might be disgusted at one or two scenes. But, otherwise, this hilarious black comedy will have you in stitches throughout.
Death at a Funeral is undoubtedly the best comedy of the year: it's witty, fast-paced and utterly hilarious, eliciting the kind of laughter that unexpectedly erupts from the deepest bellies of your soul. Don't miss it!
- Eddie Vulani Maluleke
On the morning of his father's funeral everything goes wrong for Daniel. His charming and famous novelist brother jets in from New York to deliver the eulogy, his cousin's new fiancé accidentally takes hallucinogenic drugs and a mysterious mourner threatens to unveil an earth-shattering secret about his father unless the family cuts him in on the inheritance.
It's up to the brothers with their unresolved sibling rivalries to hide their father's secret from family and friends while trying to give him a dignified send off.
What we thought of it:
Director Frank Oz promises laughs in the opening credits of Death at a Funeral... and he delivers!
Mix a small person with a scandalous secret about a deceased patriarch, a nervous son-in-law-to-be on hallucinogenic drugs, a psychoneurotic cousin, a senile potty-mouthed uncle, add a dash of wit and British decorum, and round off with a few sprinkles of prejudice and voila, you have this year's funniest comedy!
As with really good comedies the plot is simple, with quirky characters keeping this fast-paced story moving forward. British actors are renowned for their dead-on comedic timing, and this is undisputed in Death at a Funeral. Alan Tudyk's physical gags are fantastic and Peter Dinklage is simply perfect as the blackmailing dwarf. Jane Asher's performance as the quietly grieving widow is superb. (Watch out for her dry retort to her daughter-in-law.)
The comedy is a bit crude at times, those who aren't fans of toilet humor might be disgusted at one or two scenes. But, otherwise, this hilarious black comedy will have you in stitches throughout.
Death at a Funeral is undoubtedly the best comedy of the year: it's witty, fast-paced and utterly hilarious, eliciting the kind of laughter that unexpectedly erupts from the deepest bellies of your soul. Don't miss it!
- Eddie Vulani Maluleke
