Death at a Funeral

Aroview: Following the death of his father, Matthew Mcfadyen returns home to the most diabolical of funerals, in this Ealing-inspired comedy of dysfunctional mourning.

Surprisingly lacking in British sophistication and sensibiilty (perhaps given that it's directed by an American), the film peddles a series of tactless, though admittedly humourous, catastrophes that befall the undignified service. Proceedings further descend into farce with the introduction of a manipulative dwarf (STATION AGENT'S Peter Dinklage) whose secret gay affair with the deceased is used as leverage to blackmail 15,000 pounds. A largely rudimentary comedy with a few inspired scenarios - enough to tickle the cockles on the dull night.

NZ International Film Festival 2007
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Broadbent & May

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