An American re-make the 2007 Brit comedy of the same name.
Daniel (Chris Rock) returns home after the death of his father and - as the most responsible member of a highly dysfunctional family - he’s busy trying to keep it all together. Things start badly when the wrong coffin arrives, get worse when his successful but reckless novelist brother (Martin Lawrence) tells him he can’t help pay for the funeral, and slide even further downhill when his cousin’s new boyfriend accidentally takes some hallucinogens. When a mysterious dwarf (Peter Dinklage, from the The Station Agent and the original Death at a Funeral) takes Daniel aside at the funeral to reveal a secret affair with his dead father, things really begin to plummet.
One word.....LAME! LAME! LAME! The Americans just can't pull off the humour of the Brits.
Lets replace the british comedians with black american comedians, keep the same miget and we'll just roll with the same script. Word for word, this is why it gets 3 stars because it is exactly the same.
Is Hollywood really that unoriginal that it has to remake such a great film only a few years later ? Yes, it is. And like usual it is no where near as good as the first, plus no Alan Tudyk !
the original british one is the best of its kind and this is shame toto see the remake of the such a good latest classic.
One of the best English comedies directed by Frank Oz 2007 copied by the word in 2010 and downgraded to primitive American humour. A classic example how to steal and then change a beautiful movie to make it suitable for people with an IQ under that of a German shepherd.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Friday, 1st Jan 2010.
Release date: January 1st 2010.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
