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Undertaking Betty

2002 · 94 min

A gentle, silly romp through funerals and small-town rivalry, sweet-natured and daft, with a warm heart beneath the coffin gags.

Directed by
Nick Hurran
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
Sometimes finding true love can be the death of you.
Overview
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.

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Directed by
Nick Hurran
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • family
  • friendship
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism5
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Nick Hurran
Written by
Fred Ponzlov
Starring
Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Lee Evans, Robert Pugh, Christopher Walken, Jerry Springer, Hannah Higgins
Music
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography
James Welland
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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