Death at a Funeral Hollywood Comedy Movie 2010
Cast And Crew
Cast : Keith David, Loretta Devine, Peter Dinklage,
Ron Glass, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart,
Martin Lawrence, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan,
Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Luke Wilson, Regine Nehy
Director : Neil LaBute
Writer: (WGA):Dean Craig
Runtime: 90 min
Country: USA
Language:English
Release Date:16 April 2010 (USA)
Genre : Comedy
Also Known As: (AKA) Sterben für Anfänger Germany
Synopsis:
Aaron (Chris Rock) is a well-mannered and hard working young man, married to Michelle (Regina Hall), and still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to Aaron, the oldest son, to organize the funeral and give the eulogy. The funeral takes place in his father's home and Aaron tries to put on an appropriate expression on his face to welcome his relatives, including his famous writer brother Ryan (Martin Lawrence), and his father's friends. But preserving a civil atmosphere will be a hard thing to do, especially, when from the very start, the undertaker makes a horrifying mistake. And Ryan wants to be the celebrity of the event without paying for anything. But those incidents are only minor compared to the information that Aaron and Ryan get from Frank (Peter Dinklage) the mysterious dwarf who is attending the funeral and nobody seems to know.
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Movie Information:This movie is a remake of a 2007 movie of the same name: Death at a Funeral (2007). Although Hollywood has a history of making American versions of foreign films, the original versions are usually in a language other than English. This is not the case here, however, since the original film was a British production and filmed in English, with an American director (who was, as it happens, born in Britain), and several American actors (including Peter Dinklage, who reprises his role in the remake). This is a very unusual case of a remake being made very quickly of an English-language movie that had a theatrical release in the US (albeit not a very successful one).
Reviews:It's tough to make ensemble comedies work. Ever since "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" crammed everyone who ever cracked a joke in the first half of the 20th Century into one movie, the logic has been that the more funny people you can get in one place, the funnier your movie will be.
The problem that typically arises is that the funny people end up cancelling each other out and wind up looking constrained or struggling while trying to adapt to the various comedic styles.
"Death at a Funeral" is an ensemble comedy that often works in spite of stars like Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan because most of the laughs come from broad, slap-stick situations, instead of the skills of the individual actors.
This is a movie that takes the "What Else Can Go Wrong" formula of comedy and applies it to a dysfunctional family that has just lost its patriarch.
Rock plays it straight as the eldest son trying to hold it all together. Not only does he have to deal with his grieving mother (Loretta Devine), but his wife who is desperately trying to get pregnant (Regina Hall), his narcissistic younger brother (Lawrence) and a whole slew of oddball aunts, uncles and cousins who show up for the funeral.
This film always feels slightly askew which is telling in that the biggest laughs in the movie don't really come from any of the comedians.
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