I generally like the unusual humor of the British. This movie, "Death at a Funeral", has lots of unusual humor. I laughed a lot, and it is a very well written, acted, and entertaining movie.
The highjinks begin in the very first scene, when the funeral home delivers the casket to the home of the deceased, for the gathering of friends and the funeral service, and they discover that the wrong body is in it!
The rag-tag group of family, relatives, and friends arrive, and the minister starts the service, but one nervous boyfriend inadvertently took a hallucinogen instead of a Valium, and starts to have all kinds of unusual experiences. In one of them he creates a scene because he thinks the casket moves. Alan Tudyk is good as Simon Smith.
But the funniest bombshell is dropped in the form of diminutive Peter Dinklage as Peter, friend of the deceased older man. But he was more than just a friend, they apparently had been having a relationship and he wanted money to keep him quiet, otherwise he would use photos to expose the secret to all at the wake.
Lots of things happen after that, including Peter in the casket with the old man, both thought to be dead, but that wasn't quite correct.
Overall a very entertaining movie.
The highjinks begin in the very first scene, when the funeral home delivers the casket to the home of the deceased, for the gathering of friends and the funeral service, and they discover that the wrong body is in it!
The rag-tag group of family, relatives, and friends arrive, and the minister starts the service, but one nervous boyfriend inadvertently took a hallucinogen instead of a Valium, and starts to have all kinds of unusual experiences. In one of them he creates a scene because he thinks the casket moves. Alan Tudyk is good as Simon Smith.
But the funniest bombshell is dropped in the form of diminutive Peter Dinklage as Peter, friend of the deceased older man. But he was more than just a friend, they apparently had been having a relationship and he wanted money to keep him quiet, otherwise he would use photos to expose the secret to all at the wake.
Lots of things happen after that, including Peter in the casket with the old man, both thought to be dead, but that wasn't quite correct.
Overall a very entertaining movie.