Main specs
Actor(s): Peter Egan, Alan Tudyk, Thomas Wheatley, Daisy Donovan, Matthew MacFadyen, Ewen Bremner, Jane Asher, Peter Dinklage, Peter Vaughan, Rupert Graves, Kris Marshall
Director(s): Frank Oz
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 2007
Official Website: http://www.deathatafuneral-themovie.com/
Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and drugs references
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Plot: DEATH AT A FUNERAL finds a well-to-do British family attempting to bury their patriarch amidst a backdrop of secrets, revelations, rivalries, and illicit pharmaceuticals.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Audio commentary by director Frank Oz, Audio commentary by screenwriter Dean Craig and actors Alan Tudyk and Andy Nyman, Gag reel
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Professional reviews
Review: ...This is joyfully funny (Empire, 18/01/2008)
|
DVD Description
Written by Dean Craig and directed by comedic veteran Frank Oz, DEATH AT A FUNERAL finds a well-to-do family attempting to bury their patriarch amidst a backdrop of secrets, revelations, rivalries, and illicit pharmaceuticals. While the dutiful Daniel (Matthew MacFadyen) stoically contends with major roadblocks in planning his father's funeral, including being presented with the wrong body, others connected with the family have catastrophes of their own, including the anxious Simon (Alan Tudyk), who is engaged to Martha (Daisy Donovan), and mistakenly takes a hallucinogen to calm his nerves. Lurking in the background is a mysterious stranger (Peter Dinklage) who threatens to send the chaotic proceedings over the brink.
A charming mix of high and lowbrow humour, DEATH AT A FUNERAL is a lively farce that makes the most of its hijinks-filled script and top-notch cast. In addition to excellent performances by MacFadyen (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE) and Tudyk (SERENITY), the film features fine turns by Donovan, Andy Nyman, and Jane Asher. Easily Oz's best movie since the giddily silly BOWFINGER, DEATH AT A FUNERAL showcases the director's knack for working with large ensembles, and will appeal to fans of his earlier romp IN AND OUT, as well as to aficionados of biting British comedy.
|
