Film Review
The
director of the film „Death at a Funeral” is Frank Oz. He won 2 awards with it
in the year 2007. The story is about a funeral of an old man. His whole family
and some friends come to it. It`s not a normal funeral, because happen a lot of
mistakes and funny things happen. The film belongs to the genre comedy and so I
expected a funny and humorous film. Also because of the trailer I watched
before. The story isn´t completely unrealistic, but I don´t think that all
these things happen in reality at the same time. The main characters are
Matthew Macfadyen as Daniel and Rupert Graves as Robert. They are brothers and
the sons of the dead man. Daniel´s best friend Howard (Andy Nyman) is also at
the funeral. Peter, who had an affair with Daniel´s and Robert´s dad, is played
by Peter Dinklage. There is also Kris Marshall as Troy and his sister Martha,
who is played by Daisy Donovan. Her boyfriend is Simon (Alan Tydik).
There aren´t so many special effects in the film. So it seems more realistic. The camera creates a lot of beautiful scenes, for example the green garden in front of the house and also the sunset at the end of the film. film.
I enjoyed the film, because it was very funny and I laughed a lot. I can`t remember any bad points in the film, so I would watch it again. On the whole it was a good film and I can recommend it to people who like black humour and don´t take the things to serious. The film is rather for younger generation so not for older people. The scene I enjoyed the most was, where Simon locked himself in the toilet. Martha tried to get him out and so she said a couples of times his name. However this didn´t work so she said his nickname “Si” and he answered back “mon”. I can compare this film maybe with “the dictator”
There aren´t so many special effects in the film. So it seems more realistic. The camera creates a lot of beautiful scenes, for example the green garden in front of the house and also the sunset at the end of the film. film.
I enjoyed the film, because it was very funny and I laughed a lot. I can`t remember any bad points in the film, so I would watch it again. On the whole it was a good film and I can recommend it to people who like black humour and don´t take the things to serious. The film is rather for younger generation so not for older people. The scene I enjoyed the most was, where Simon locked himself in the toilet. Martha tried to get him out and so she said a couples of times his name. However this didn´t work so she said his nickname “Si” and he answered back “mon”. I can compare this film maybe with “the dictator”
Death at a funeral
- film review
After Daniel‘s
father had died, his sons Daniel and Robert, a successful writer living in New
York, had to organise his funeral, which the whole family and the dead‘s
homosexual boyfriend were invited to.
The whole thing
gets out of control because the niece‘s husband-to-be was unfortunately set on
drugs. Peter, the boyfriend of Daniel‘s father wants to be paid off by 15,000
pounds so that he will not publish intimate pictures of the sexual interactions
Peter had with the married father.
The result of the
plot is a mixture of funny situations, black humour and realising that the
heart of a human is not determined by his sexuality.
Directed by Frank
Oz, also known as the director of „The Muppet-Show“ and published in 2007, this
film won two awards.
By reading the
title, you could expect the film to be a thriller but after one minute with the
first joke, you realise that the plot is meant to be funny by containing a lot
of black humour.
The main
characters are the brothers Daniel and Robert, accompanied by their loyal
friend Howard, the cousin Martha and homosexual Peter. The acting performance
of these characters was really convincing and it made the plot seem like
everyday life.
The film was funny
with no weaknesses excepting few weak jokes. The use of black humour makes the
film recommendable to all sort of people above the age of 12, because there is
a certain maturity and knowledge required to understand the jokes. People with
no sense of humour should not watch it either because some of the jokes are
racist.
To put it in a nutshell
it is a funny and exciting film, which is very typical for the British sense of
humour and their way of life.
Film review – „Death at a funeral“
After the Christmas break we watched a film in the school, which is called „Death at a funeral“. As we heard we will watch a comedy at school we expected an ordinary film with standard jokes, but it came different...
The film is about a funeral wich escalates. The leading part is played by Matthew Macfayden. Also important are Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage and Rupert Graves. Matthew Macfayden’s Daniel is stressed, exhausted an sad because his father died and he should pay for the funeral. His brother Robert (Rupert Graves) is a succesful author and a little bit arrogant. Peter (Peter Dinklage) is the antagonist. About the role of Alan Tudyk we don’t want to spoil anything...
The humour in this film is very black and breaks many taboos, but it’s the always funny, especially the last scene is extremely droll. A bad point ist that the plot ist foreseable in some parts.
The film is very good entertainment, but it has no deep message. We enjoyed the film and we can recommend it for everyone who likes British and black humour.
Film Review Death at a Funeral
The Film Death at a Funeral is about the funeral of an older man who already had adult children and at this funeral a few mistakes happen.
The Film Death at a Funeral is about the funeral of an older man who already had adult children and at this funeral a few mistakes happen.
The director of the film, Frank
Oz, won the Audience Award at both the US Comedy Arts Festival and the Locarno
International Film Festival. It’s a comedy film with very much black humor and
there’s no message, it’s just to be funny. The characters are very different to
each other but not very inventive. The actors played very well. The camerawork
is very good, although there aren’t any beautiful scenes and the camera is
never used in a special way.
I first thought it will be
a very funny film but I have been disappointed, it has one or two funny scenes
and the rest is ok but it’s not my humor. The best scene, I think, is the scene
when the son of the man who died, his wife and his mother are standing at the
coffin and the wife say to the mother: “If there’s anything I can do Sandra.”
And the mother says: “Don’t put your hands there you leave muck marks.”
I would recommend this film
because I think many people like this kind of humor and they will enjoy it, but
it’s not my humor.
At the end of the day I
would recommend this film although I didn’t like it very much.
Death
at a funeral
So we gave the movie a 4.5 rating