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Less than three years after the 2007 Brit-com Death at a Funeral hit cinemas, this remake offered a nearly scene-for-scene variation on the original. Once again a family has gathered for the dignified memorial service for a patriarch: older son (Chris Rock) has prepared a eulogy; younger son (Martin Lawrence) has flown in on his celebrity as a bestselling author; favorite niece (Zoe Saldana) has brought her fiancé (James Marsden, flipping out), unaware that he has accidentally ingested a hallucinogen manufactured by her pharmaceutically minded brother (Columbus Short, from Cadillac Records). You know, the usual fare for a funeral. The wild card is a stranger (Peter Dinklage, the only member of the cast to repeat his role from the 2007 film) who has something urgent to impart to the two sons. There's nothing terribly elevated about the slapstick, and one particular scatological sequence tests the boundaries of the bearable (30 Rock's Tracy Morgan, in his usual unbounded form, takes the brunt of this scene). The unexpected director is Neil LaBute, who shows off his sense of comic timing and keeps the whole apparatus moving along briskly. In addition to the relatively subdued lead turns by Rock and Lawrence, the big cast includes Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Luke Wilson, and Loretta Devine. It is almost irrelevant to debate whether this version improves or deflates the original; both hit their marks, deliver the broad yuks, and leave behind a mostly mechanical feel. But the job is accomplished--now rest in peace. --Robert Horton
Special Features
Special Features
- Commentary with Director Neil LaBute and Chris Rock
- Deleted Scenes
- Family Album
- Death For Real
- Death at a Funeral: Last Rites, Dark Secrets
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Chris Rock, Luke Wilson, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, James Marsden, Zoe Saldana, Danny Glover and Peter Dinklage star in a hilarious comedy that puts the "fun" in "funeral"! When the patriarch of a dysfunctional family dies, his funeral turns into family circus. Misplaced bodies, blackmail, indecent exposure and a corpse that won't stay in the box get the party started, but when old family skeletons start tumbling out of the closet, all Hell breaks loose.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By J. Chapman
Format:DVD
I saw this in the cinema after watching the English version days before and this is a word for wor exact copy almost, just with a few mroe racial stereotypes. Personally I prefered the english one, I felt the characters seemed for real and for me this made the plot mroe real. Death at a funeral (American) isn;t really a bad film but I think alot more could have been done with thier higher budget over the English film. All in all I recomend buying the english version.
Death At A Funeral [DVD] [2007]
Death At A Funeral [DVD] [2007]
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I didn't hold out much hope for Death at a Funeral when I first started watching. I was afraid of it becoming another one of those films that relied too heavily on racial jokes and dialogue that consisted of "brother" and Chris Rock's screechy voice. However, I was pleasantly surprised. This film turned out to have as much heart and soul as the original, with plenty of new content to seem fresh. Marsden, who I had lost faith in since watching The Box, put in a career best in this film, and started the ball rolling for a great comedy.
Martin Lawrence, as per recent performances, seems to have become more and more boring, and as such, I felt wasn't a valid character for this film. Tracey Morgan seems to be the up and coming black comedian of late, and he added a great touch to the film. Personally, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys their comedies - it doesn't take itself seriously at all, and encourages the viewers to sit back and have a laugh at life's little jokes.
Martin Lawrence, as per recent performances, seems to have become more and more boring, and as such, I felt wasn't a valid character for this film. Tracey Morgan seems to be the up and coming black comedian of late, and he added a great touch to the film. Personally, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys their comedies - it doesn't take itself seriously at all, and encourages the viewers to sit back and have a laugh at life's little jokes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By B.UK Worm
Format:Blu-ray
If you have a bit of a warped sense of humour then this film is a must. It holds your attention for the full 90mins as half of the time you can either predict what is going to happen next but have to watch, whilst cringing as your suspicions turn out to be correct or wait with baited breath not quite sure what disaster will unfold next but what ever it is, it is sure to be hilarious. It's a must have in anyones film collection.
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Death at a Funeral
Glad I bought it! Great cast. Now I just have to see the original one. A film a could watch time and time again
Published 2 months ago by Jade
1.0 out of 5 stars
A poor copy
The British one is excellent, one of my all time favourites and this pales in comparison. One of the biggest things that annoyed me was that in typical American fashion, the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by jenthesaint
5.0 out of 5 stars
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I think this is a very funny dvd once you see it you wont to watch it over and over again its so goods
Published 3 months ago by M. J. Piper
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sharp and unexpectedly good
A friend of mine told me to watch Death at a Funeral. He meant the English version, but I watched the American version. Read more
Published 5 months ago by William Cohen
4.0 out of 5 stars
Alright funny film
I must admit, I only bought this film because James Marsden was in it, but I have to say it did make me laugh. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Diane
4.0 out of 5 stars
Death at a funeral was hysterical
Hysterical watched it on a Ladies weekend away with a few glasses of wine, thought it was sooo funny bought a copy each on return
Published 16 months ago by C. A. Hadfield
5.0 out of 5 stars
death at a funeral 2010
this film was so funny i loved it hope this happens to mine as its so funny what a why to go ????????????
Published 21 months ago by william
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointed.
Not what I expected. I have the original English version which is much funnier and has a certain sophisticated humour. For some reason I feel like this version was rushed through. Read more
Published 22 months ago by International Citizen
1.0 out of 5 stars
Death of a few careers
Chris Rock, Martin Lawerance, Luke Wilson and this film still sucks, real bad. I have to admit i seen this film twice, it doesn't get any better, although i hear the english ones... Read more
Published on 3 May 2011 by ekb
1.0 out of 5 stars
A real let down
very few laughs in this movie. Very disappointed over all and I usually lovvvvvvvvvvvve chris rock, but chris did not rock in this film.....
Published on 17 Mar 2011 by kaz
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