Death at a Funeral

Frank Oz, perhaps more famed for his puppets and a few successful movies, embarks on a wild and farcical journey with his quirky British comedy “Death at a Funeral”.

As we enter the movie, with the undertakers bringing the wrong body to the son of an ‘exceptional man’ we begin to feel that something strange is about to happen. Starting off slowly we are introduced to the cast all heading to a family funeral filled with your typical British middle class extended family members.

Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen) is the dutiful son, living at home with his fiancé, helping his mother arrange the funeral of his father. Robert (Rupert Graves), his selfish, self loving brother, a very successful writer jets in from New York to attend the funeral – Daniel an aspiring writer himself is worried about the eulogy he is writing, as he always feels under the shadow of his brother.

The reverend (Thomas Wheatley) whose timetable is full, is keen to get the funeral started, but the brothers insist that they must wait for their uncle to arrive (The uncle is perhaps one of the funnier characters in the movie, being in a wheelchair, he is foul mouthed – and also provides some ‘slapstick’ humor in the bathroom.).

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