Since its first premiere, all I've heard about Death at a funeral is how ridiculously funny the movie is. Of course, seeing the trailer and all British casts I wouldn't expect the ordinary Hollywood comedy. And true that I was. The movie is very British, both acts and comedies.
The funeral.
An occasion where people mourn, the vibe is very dark, gloomy and depressed.
All's a given at a funeral.
However, not for the recently deceased Daniel's Dad's funeral.
A proper and respectful send-off has been prepared days earlier, but only led to chaos during the Wake. Starting of with the mistaken "delivery" from the mortuary, then welcoming Daniel's very dysfunctional family including the uncle and his children, and a potential blackmail from a very peculiar little man that ends disastrous.
Daniel, who has been the "good son", is confronted with all these hard tasks.
As said earlier, funeral is a day to mourn. It's gloomy, dark, and depressed. Thats what the black colors at a funeral represent, isn't it? Unfortunately, the only character stays to fit the situation is the Mother, who always in-tune as the mourning widow throughout the movie.
Acid also made few appearances in Death at a Funeral, although always mistaken for Valiums. There, you see where some of the chaos began.
There are funny bits that are too horrific too imagined, let alone, to see it visually on the big screen! Horror banget! It's the toilet mishap, see it, and you'll know what I mean.
Applause to the writer and director for making a funny movie situated on a funeral service, of course, without being disrespectful to what funeral is supposed to mean.
and definitely, I don't mean it to be a crack-show...
Death at a funeral
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Labels: Moving feast
1 comments:
british movie is often to be very intriguing though...
lets see if i can get one of its pirate DVD at ambass. heheheh..
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