Cast: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Thomas Wheatley, Peter Egan and Peter Dinklage
Director: Frank Oz
Studio Synopsis: On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel (Matthew MacFadyen) knows he will have to face his flirty, blow-hard, famous-novelist brother Robert (Rupert Graves) who's just flown in from New York, not to mention the promises of a new life he's made to his wife Jane (Keeley Hawes). Meanwhile, Daniel's cousin Martha (Daisy Donovan) and her dependable new fiancˇ Simon (Alan Tudyk) are desperate to make a good impression on Martha's uptight fatherŃa plan that literally goes out the window when Simon accidentally ingests a designer drug en route to the service, leaving him prone to uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity in front of his potential in-laws.Then comes the real shocker: a mysterious guest (Peter Dinklage) who threatens to unveil an earth-shattering family secret. As riotous mayhem and unfortunate mishaps ensue on every front, it is now up to the two brothers to hide the truth from their family and friends and figure out how to not only bury their dearly beloved, but the secret he's been keeping.
Rating: R
Running Time: 91 minutes
Official Web site: http://www.deathatafuneral-themovie.com/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/deathat
afuneral/
The Verdict:
See Hollywood.com (1 out of 4 stars)
Reviews:
Boca News (3 out of 4 stars)
Hollywood.com (1 out of 4 stars)
The Miami Herald (2 out of 4 stars)
New Times Broward-Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post (B+)
The Sun-Sentinel (2 1/2 out of 4 stars)
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