The Age of Commercialism

Good movie but grossly overrated

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

A dark movie, full of this delicious and dark British humour.Family meeting will always be a good subject for fictions, so much can happen in these events. As already told, this meeting should be a sad one, a moment to gather together to remember a father... well that's the theory. Forget the theory, after few moments, the only remaining question is : What next will happen in these crazy funerals...

Reviewed July 2011What are the odds at watching two movies involving midgets in pivotal roles back to back? To my experience British comedies have been excellent in the 2000s. Death at a Funeral is almost a classic comedy baring a few misfires. The entire story takes place during a funeral ceremony where the eccentric family members and the friends deal with a dark secret of the deceased. It has an extensive use of pot and poo jokes as the latter was a bit disgusting and out of place for the setting. Performances were apt and subtle by most even while expressing their eccentric best and the story never lags. Special mention should go to Alan Tudyk who gets accidentally drugged with a hallucinogenic pill. It is definitely an enjoyable comedy with quite a few very awkward moments and a heart in the right place.

Death at a Funeral is a British black comedy about some very bizarre events which occur at a man's funeral. DAAF is very much a British comedy film, based around embarrassment, awkward situations and a dry, dark sense of humour. The film could easily be replicated on stage, and is refreshingly low key. Being British myself, I love this kind of humour, but this film is sometimes an example of too much of a good thing. Much of the time, the jokes are too subtle to get, and the film doesn't always succeed in making its awkward moments funny and it just becomes cringe-worthy instead. The film takes a little while to get going and there aren't always that many laugh-out-loud moments, but it's still a good film and well worth watching. The acting is all-around awesome with the wonderful Peter Dinklage being as brilliant as ever, many of the gags are very effective and there's a delightful mix of intelligent jokes and surprising tension. It certainly has its flaws, but it is underrated and the American remake (I haven't seen it yet) was the film I was far more aware of. Watch without seeing the trailer or knowing anything about the plot, and the film's many twists and turns will hit even harder. 7/10

A amateur drug maker "hides" his latest batch in an empty valium bottle then leaves the room. Two people enter the room and one person gives the other a pill from the valium bottle. They go to a funeral where the taker has hallucinations and very predictable stuff happens. Then at the end there is the compulsory morality speech. It is tripe and I would really like to see the notes that must have been made at the production meeting where someone agreed to stump up the money for this unfunny, drivel. It might be worth noting that Jane Asher has a range of own-brand cooking products that can be bought only at Poundland, for £1 each. And, because of the vapid nature of the writing quality used to make this production, Rupert Graves could easily be tempted to bring out an exclusive range of bin liners for sale in 99p Store or Matthew Macfadyen wouldn't say no if he was asked to be the front man for a range of one-use plastic food boxes.