“Death at a Funeral” Review
July 25, 2010
Release Date: 04/16/2010
Length: 92′
Personal Rating (1-10): 5
“Death at a Funeral” is the type of movie that relies only on good charters and not really on a good script. I bet that the producers didn’t even care if all the lines were in the script and put their money on the good charm, comedian act and genius of actors such as Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and others.
The entire movie does not have a plot, a point of climax, not even a good beginning or an ending. “Death at a Funeral” is just a series of random events that are supposed to be funny, but aren’t. Without a good context those comedy bits are simple boring “knock knock jokes” that aren’t enough to sell a movie.
I am sorry to see that Chris Rock has lost his appetite for acting and comedy. In “Death at a Funeral”, but also in the funny “Grown Ups” he is linear, and noticeable in “Death…” because he has a leading role and is in your face, literally. Martin Lawrence still has that vibe, but as the script was not that good, just his energy is not enough.
As a whole, … what whole? there is none. As stated earlier, the movie is a mixture of elements that are supposed to create laughter in the audience (the motive of the drugged persons, the motive of the black dude having a gay relationship with a white midget <not that funny as it sounds>, and the good all loud stereotype of black people) put together in a single location for a doubtfull reason.
If you wanna see al the jokes, watch the trailer (trust me, they are better in the trailer then in the movie):
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