Death at a Funeral
2010 Directed by Neil LaBute
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This is one sad family.
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
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Easily one of the most pointless remakes in recent movie history. They did a brilliant job of replicating it perfectly... minus the jokes.
*sigh* What a waste of money, talent and time.
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Empire has it that this is one of the rare examples of an american big budget remake actually bettering the original film.. with Chris Rock, I knew I was going to get something enjoyable.
I didn't realise it'd be quite this good - a stunning cast: Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Luke Wilson, Tracey Morgan, Cyclops, Zoe Saldana and a ton of others. Danny Glover is looking ancient, but he was making age jokes in Lethal Weapon so he's presumably 200 by now.
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Danny Glover had me in stitches every time he appeared on screen.
James Marsden was surprisingly entertaining on "not-valium" -
It's the funeral of Aaron (Chris Rock) and Ryan's (Martin Lawrence) father. The family are all gathering at the family home where Asaron lives with his wife and parents. Aaron has been struggling to save enough money to move out and start a family of his own. His brother Ryan is a sucessful published author and lives it up in the city. Ryan returns home and everyone is wondering why Aaron is giving the eulogy and not Ryan. The funeral decends rapidly into a complete farce from the outset when at first the funeral directors deliver the wrong body to the house. Aaron and Ryan's cousin Elaine (Zoe Saldana) and her fiancee Oscar (James Marsden) stop off at Elaine's brothers…
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I actually found this to be surprisingly amusing (maybe it's because I haven't seen the original). Yes, some of the jokes are quite tasteless (some are even borderline offensive) and some of the storylines are not very interesting, but, all in all, I laughed a lot and that's what counts.
I have to mention that James Marsden, whom I've never really liked very much, is gloriously funny here and has some of the best lines. My particular favourite: "It's so green - it's like I'm inside a lime!"
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Very well made
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This movie sucks! Bad jokes and the acting was horrible, except for Danny Glover and James Marsden. Don't watch this movie, it's a waste of time.
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I actually found this to be surprisingly amusing (maybe it's because I haven't seen the original). Yes, some of the jokes are quite tasteless (some are even borderline offensive) and some of the storylines are not very interesting, but, all in all, I laughed a lot and that's what counts.
I have to mention that James Marsden, whom I've never really liked very much, is gloriously funny here and has some of the best lines. My particular favourite: "It's so green - it's like I'm inside a lime!"
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Absolutely slaughtered a gem of a movie that was the English version. Given it a star just because of its impressive cast. Why was this film made in the first place, the jokes are just not funny and the acting by everyone is just awfully poor.
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Empire has it that this is one of the rare examples of an american big budget remake actually bettering the original film.. with Chris Rock, I knew I was going to get something enjoyable.
I didn't realise it'd be quite this good - a stunning cast: Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Luke Wilson, Tracey Morgan, Cyclops, Zoe Saldana and a ton of others. Danny Glover is looking ancient, but he was making age jokes in Lethal Weapon so he's presumably 200 by now.
Highlights:
Danny Glover had me in stitches every time he appeared on screen.
James Marsden was surprisingly entertaining on "not-valium" -
"LaBute's remake shares the majority of the hits and misses seen in the original due in no small part to Craig's script; there are also things that LaBute gets right that Oz got wrong, and vice versa." Full review here
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I laughed at this. Tracy Morgan, Peter Dinklage and James Marsden are all super funny.
So yeah, it's funny. For a Friday night comedy you can't ask for more.
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Hollywood har i alle år hatt troen på at de selv kan gjøre alt så mye bedre enn alle andre og eksemplene på remakes av ikke-amerikanske filmer er lang, vond og tidvis tårevåt for let's face it; amerikanerne har sin måte å lage film på og det er ikke alltid like lett å overføre en annen kulturs særegenhet over til the american way. Når Death at a Funeral kom i England i 2007 var suksessen et faktum og med den lune, britiske humoren var den spesiell, men absolutt gull for oss med sansen for denne meget særegne formen for humor. Hva kan så en gruppe anerkjente komikere fra statene gjøre så mye bedre? Ikke en dritt skulle det vise seg.…
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cada que tiene oportunidad de ir en una dirección más oscura o personal, madres, un chiste de weyes drogados.
[¿será chris rock el mejor stand-up comedian con la peor filmografía?]