Death at a Funeral (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 90 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Stars: Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and James Marsden
IMDb score:
5,7 (56.865)
Releasedate: 15 April 2010
Death at a Funeral plot
"This is one sad family."
When their father dies, two brothers (Chris Rock & Martin Lawrence) reunite with the rest of the family. However, this last farewell quickly goes wrong when a totally unknown man is found in the coffin, many secrets surface and it becomes one big mess on this day.
Actors and actresses
Aaron
Ryan
Elaine
Norman
Michelle
Oscar
Derek
Jeff
Frank
Uncle Russell
Reviews & comments
Sergio Leone
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- 4431 messages
- 3111 votes
Pretty nice.
I didn't expect much from it - and it seems to be a remake, so I think the original is better - but in the end I was able to enjoy it quite a bit. In any case, it doesn't take too long and there is enough variety between the high number of characters, so that there is still a certain fluency in the film. The story is quite absurd and so I was glad that Peter Dinklage actually showed up as a key figure. That casting makes it even more interesting.
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
drowsy.
Typical example of a movie that puts a monster cast in the spotlight but can't do anything with it. It certainly gives some nicely acted roles to the film from actors who can clearly do something with it, but there are also enough characters walking around who can do nothing with their roles at all.
The bad thing about the film is that it has very little direction for 90 minutes. There is some story to it to some extent, but this is barely enough to fill a 45 minute movie, let alone a 90 minute movie. Early in the film, this creates quite a tiring thing that feels very long despite a relatively short duration.
Visually it is all clear and sharp, but also very dull. They planted the camera in a single location and shot with it, but it never feels like a normal textured film. More like a film they made up on the spot, because it constantly feels like no preparation went into it, but expensive material to shoot it with.
Acting from a few roles is still nice, but in principle most of the names play a character that they can play well. Saldana and Hall are very annoying, but the roles of Morgan and Lawrence feel familiar. Hart and Rock disappoint. Play very clearly what they should be good at, but never know how to be really funny.
It's nice for an evening of entertainment, but from a substantive point of view, I found it all just a messy and empty impression. If the jokes don't catch on very well either, you'll soon have a movie to choose from that you most likely won't like. That's the case with me. A film that still entertains but has done nothing for me.
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