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Death at a Funeral Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  I laughed all the way through, in fact. This is the best comedy since "The Hangover," and although it's almost a scene-by-scene remake of a 2007 British movie with the same title, it's funnier than the original.

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• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Reveling in mess and homegrown multiracial mayhem, Death at a Funeral finds a new lease on life.

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• 75

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  Death at a Funeral does what a good comedy is supposed to do: generate laughter. The humor gradient is lopsided - the second half, which builds comedic momentum, is significantly funnier than the first half, which is mostly set-up. Still, any such unevenness aside, the overall impression is one of enjoyability.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  The movie version of karaoke. It sings the same tune as the 2007 British underground hit, but it's a little, and at times a lot, off-key.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  Think of Death at a Funeral as a comic quickie. As it presses buttons, a few laughs come out, but that's all there is to it.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The only death at this funeral was that of a good movie.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  But nothing taps his own particular talents to unsettle audiences with truly edgy material. Funeral gets no more edgy than a potty joke and a corpse tumbling out of a coffin. This is nothing more than juvenile slapstick.

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• 30

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  This slavishly faithful update... fails to tap into anything culturally specific or uniquely funny in its Pasadena setting or its theoretically looser, livelier black cast. And because the characters are so flat, we couldn't care less about the blows to their sense of propriety.

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