An upper class British family gathers for the funeral of their father. Naturally everything goes wrong. Son Daniel wants his brother to help--but his brother is only interested in getting a girl into bed; a cousin's straight-laced boyfriend accidentally takes a hallucinogenic that makes him act quite crazy (leading to an uproarious--if sick--bit with a coffin); a little person shows up with some secrets that the family didn't know about; an elderly uncle swears nonstop and causes complications and various family members get involved with one calamity after another.
I saw this as a special preview at a film festival. My audience was in absolute hysterics almost constantly. I did laugh long and loud more than once and this movie has a wonderful cast going full force...but I wasn't crazy about it. Some of the humor was far too cruel for me to enjoy (poor Alan Tudyk is forced to walk around nude) and there was some real sick bathroom humor here too. The black comedy however worked well and the dead pan expressions of the cast as one disaster after another happens were quite funny. It does lead to a truly hilarious eulogy at the end. Worth catching but don't go out of your way for it.
I saw this as a special preview at a film festival. My audience was in absolute hysterics almost constantly. I did laugh long and loud more than once and this movie has a wonderful cast going full force...but I wasn't crazy about it. Some of the humor was far too cruel for me to enjoy (poor Alan Tudyk is forced to walk around nude) and there was some real sick bathroom humor here too. The black comedy however worked well and the dead pan expressions of the cast as one disaster after another happens were quite funny. It does lead to a truly hilarious eulogy at the end. Worth catching but don't go out of your way for it.