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Death at a Funeral

2007 · 91 min

A chaotic, laugh-out-loud farce that keeps escalating from one awkward disaster to the next, with a surprisingly tender core.

Directed by
Frank Oz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner
Tagline
Last rites... and wrongs.
Overview
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.

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Directed by
Frank Oz
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • grief
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
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