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| Wow they made a black version |
When I first heard about the movie I thought "This will be rubbish." Turns out that I was wrong...but not by much. The movie stars Chris rock, Martin Lawrence, Regina hall, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, The beautiful Zoe Saldana, Luke Wilson, and a bunch of other comedians that no one really cares about. This is a remake of the 2007 film of the same title. I didn't see the original (and I don't want to) so I can only imagine what type of antics occurred there. When I was viewing the movie I was sitting in my seat waiting to laugh. Sense this is a comedy that's not a good thing. I had to wait for James Marsden to get high for the film to really pick up.
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| Idiot |
Once his antics begun so did the movie. From that part on the film grew on me. It had a couple of twists that I didn't see coming and had me wanting to know what will happen next. The antics weren't too over the top for a comedy of this nature and it looked like everyone were having fun. Well some that is.
STORY
The movie is about Aaron, played by Chris Rock, having his father's funeral at their family home. Turns out it was one of his father's last wishes. It begins with Brian, played by Kevin Hart, bringing in the wrong body! That's right Kevin is playing another dumbass. A role he's all too familiar with. If that wasn't enough Aaron also has to deal with his successful brother Ryan, played by Martin Lawrence, begging him for money. Ryan is an author waiting for his next advance to kick in so he can't pay for the funeral but his brother Aaron, who's a failed author, can. Yet his family still thinks that Aaron should step aside and let the real writer do the eulogy. Yep that makes sense! I would be pissed off too.
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| Jerk |
The side stories consist of Elaine, played by Zoe Saldana, bringing her nervous and white boyfriend Oscar, played by James Marsden, to try to get along with her father. She goes over to her brother's home to pick him up for the funeral when she discovers some pills in a volume bottle in his living room. Like the smart person that she is she gives one to her boyfriend to calm his nerves. Turns out the pills are acid mixed with acid which is very strong acid. What it truly does is bring the movie to life with his antics and weird facial expressions. Most of the film turns to him until a little birdie comes to town or should I say a midget.
Aaron finds out that the little guy named Frank, played by Peter Dinklage, has a secret about his father. A secret that will give his mother a heart attack or any married woman for that matter. In order to keep this secret Aaron must pay him 50,000 dollars or he will spill the beans. He immediately goes to the younger brother but like I said before he's broke. So now what should Aaron do? O I know. Let Norman, played by Tracy Morgan, give him the pills of volume that he found. Opps those wasn't volumes and now Frank is acting like he lost his mind. What can Aaron do? Kill him perhaps and bury him with his father? Now guys isn't that kinda gross?
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| This some shit! |
The pacing of the story does go by slowly but picks up around the middle. There's enough side stories going on to keep you entertained while the main characters solve their main issue. Tracy Morgan has his hands full being intertwined with three different plots but it wasn't like they didn't have enough comedians going around. It was just the lack of good ones. Why was Luke Wilson in this movie again?
ACTING
This is where the movie falls short. Most of the actors had zero chemistry together from Tracy Morgan to Luke Wilson to Regina Hall to Chris Rock. You can tell that most of the emotions and connections were forced. James Marsden and Zoe Saldana felt like they just met and Luke and Zoe looked awkward together. Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence did not come off well as brothers and Danny Glover was miscast as Uncle Russell. I thought that this actor, John Witherspoon, would have done a better job. The only chemistry I saw was with Peter Dinklage and Chris Rock. I guess it was easier to have tension instead of chemistry.
SPECIAL EFFECTS
There were hardly any special effects, that's if you want to count the poop on Tracy's hand. That was just gross. Funny...but gross.
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| Nope this was shit! |
WRITING AND DIRECTING
The movie was written by Dean Craig and directed by Neil LaBute. Dean Craig wrote the original and the remake. Unheard of in Hollywood and for obvious reasons. I didn't think Dean captured the true potential of the actors in script. This could be the reason why they felt so forced and lack chemistry. Maybe a different writer was needed but it was a nice try. The direction was done fine. The director handled The Wicker Man remake and Lakeview Terrance respectfully. The film isn't very dark at all and blossoms in the sunlight. The director will find work again but the writer... he needs to stick to what he knows.
THE END
Overall the movie is worth a watch. It's funny at times but only because of a few people. I'll let you guess which ones. It's available on Netflix for instant download if you wish to give it a view. If this isn't on your to watch list then don't bother. You're not missing anything but Zoe's beauty. Death at a Funeral
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| Talk about smash and keep |
STORY 7 out of 10
ACTING 6 out of 10
SPECIAL EFFECTS 5 out of 10
WRITING 5 out of 10
DIRECTING 6 out of 10
OVERALL 6 (GIVE IT A TRY)
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