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Death at a Funeral (2007)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Aug 15, 2007

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Limited Release: Aug 17, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 91 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Matthew Macfayden and Peter Dinklage

$SUMMER MOURNING Dinklage takes the fun out of a funeral in Death\'s forced farce$

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SUMMER MOURNING Dinklage takes the fun out of a funeral in Death's forced farce

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A mysterious guest (Peter Dinklage) with a secret rattles an already dysfunctional clan at a memorial service for the family patriarch. (Perhaps in homage to the funnier The Wrong Box, undertakers first bring...the wrong box.) By the end of Death at a Funeral's effortful farce about busted British propriety, you may feel that peculiar facial ache that comes from wishing to laugh with no really satisfying release. Working with a broad script by Dean Craig, director Frank Oz goes for American-style physicality, marching his players around a country house in which a toilet, alas, plays a big part.

Originally posted Aug 15, 2007 Published in issue #949-950 Aug 24, 2007 Order article reprints

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