Review of Death at a Funeral (2007) by Mariana T — 20 Feb 2011
The humor manages to be simultaneously sophisticated, supremely silly and very dark. The movie is part farce (unplanned entrances and exits), part slapstick (misbehavior of corpses) and part just plain wacky eccentricity. I think the ideal way to see it would be to gather your most dour and disapproving relatives and treat them to a night at the cinema. The mostly British ensemble can do this stuff in their sleep, but Macfadyen and Donovan and Graves, especially, work up the necessary antic angst and silliness. The lack of propriety and solemnity is precisely what makes this comic farce so uproariously funny.
VERDICT: "Full Price" - Second highest rating in the system (Positive to Mixed reaction). This is a rating to a movie I view as very entertaining and well made, and definitely worth paying the full price at a theater to see or own on DVD. It is not perfect, but it is definitely excellent.
This review of Death at a Funeral (2007) was written by Mariana T on 20 Feb 2011.
Death at a Funeral has generally received positive reviews.
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