Death at a Funeral

 Death at a Funeral 2007

• Director: Frank Oz
• Seen by this director: What about Bob?, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremmer, Keeley Hawes, Alan Tudyk, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Matthew MacFadyen – Pillars of the Earth, Robin Hood, Frost/Nixon, Pride and Prejudice
• Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, X-Men, Station Agent, Human Nature, Living in Oblivion
• Ewen Bremmer – Wonder Woman, Trainspotting 1&2, Snowpiercer, Jack the Giant Slayer, Perfect Sense, Hallam Foe, Prince of Jutland, Naked
• Keeley Hawes – The Hollow Crown, High-Rise, The Casual Vacancy, Doctor Who, Macbeth Re-Told, Tristram Shandy, Our Mutual Friend, Cold Lazarus, Karaoke
• Alan Tudyk – Rogue One, Maze Runner, Serenity, I Robot, Firefly, A Knight’s Tale
• Jane Asher – Dancing on the Edge, I Give It a Year, Alfie, The Masque of the Red Death
• Kris Marshall – The Merchant of Venice, Love Actually
• Rupert Graves – Sherlock, Last Tango in Halifax, Doctor Who, Made in Dagenham, V for Vendetta, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Intimate Relations, The Madness of King George, A Room with a View
• Why?  British comedy
• Seen: 21 July 2023      

       Funerals are such a laugh, aren’t they? Especially if nearly everybody is British.

       One of the brothers is a famous author (Graves) and the other (MacFadyen) has a severe inferiority complex. Tudyk was mistakenly given LSD just before the ceremony, there’s a love-sick ex-boyfriend (Bremmer), a mysterious American guest (Dinklage) and…well, it’s British comedy. 

4 * of 5