Death At A Funeral Page #2

Synopsis: Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body; a cousin gives her fiancé a Valium from her brother's apartment, not knowing her brother is dealing drugs - it's LSD and the fiancé arrives at the funeral wildly stoned; Aaron's younger brother, Ryan, a successful writer, flies in from New York broke but arrogant; one uncle is angry over his daughter's choice of boyfriends, and the other is cranky and coarse. Add an ovulating wife, a jealous ex-boyfriend, and a short stranger who wants a word with Aaron - what could he want? Would another death solve Aaron's problems? And what about the eulogy?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Neil LaBute
Production: Sony Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
R
Year:
2010
92 min
$16,000,000
Website
1,282 Views


- Good.

What about your Uncle Russell?

He wasn't doing that well.

- How's he doing?

- Bye.

Okay, I'm just asking.

It's conversation, that's all.

I'm here if you need me, you know that.

Thank you for everything.

- Michelle, come here.

- Bye, Brian.

You don't have to come.

I'm just saying, everybody knows

that the Colonel stole that recipe

for fried chicken from a slave named Jubalai.

Now, I give him credit for the coleslaw,

but that's it.

Hey, buddy! How you doing?

I need a favour.

I need you to pick up Uncle Russell.

Yeah, I know it's a hassle,

but you're the closest.

- Damn! He's always in a bad mood.

- Just say you'll do it. We'll do it.

It's not a mood if he's always in it.

It's his personality. Can you do it?

All right, I'll do it.

Hey, Mama. How you holding up?

There were so many things

we wanted to do still.

Travel.

We were going to Australia and China.

He wanted to go to Thailand.

Oh, come on, Ma,

you're not gonna fly 25 hours.

That's not the point.

I haven't been feeling well.

Who knows how long

I'm gonna live without him?

It might make a difference

if I had a grandchild

who could take my mind off

of everything, but...

- Oh, well.

- Cynthia, we are trying.

I know what you're trying to do, Michelle,

all hours of the day and night, trying.

But it doesn't seem to be working,

now does it?

- Where's Ryan? Have you talked to him yet?

- He should be here soon.

Just to see his face

would make me feel so much better.

Oh, I have missed him so much. My baby.

Do you need me to do something, Cynthia?

You could take your hand off

my husband's coffin.

You are leaving a smudge mark.

Is she shooting us the finger?

Or is she just waving?

That's nice, ladies! Thank you!

- There he is.

- What?

- He's okay.

- He's gonna need assistance?

He's just grumpy.

You got to know how to handle him.

Oh, he looks kind of sweet.

- Hi, Uncle Russell!

- Hi, Uncle Russell!

You remember me? I'm Norman.

I came to pick you up

and take you to the funeral.

Where the f*** you been, you fat bastard?

You took any longer, I'd be dead, too!

Sh*t, good thing you know

how to handle him.

Would you like to ride shotgun?

Stop the game, all right?

...take this missile in your ass.

- Listen.

- Yes, the pills. I have them.

- They're right here.

- All right, cool. Can I come and get them?

- I have a funeral to go to. Sh*t!

- Whatever. Man, I'll come over there.

- F***.

- Did you try them?

No, no, I'm not gonna try them. I made them.

But they're good, right? The stuff's good?

I got to go.

Never get high on your own supply.

And, dude, this sh*t's gonna

blow your mind, I guarantee it.

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Dean Craig

Dean Craig (born October 25, 1974) is an English screenwriter and film director. In addition to his film work, Craig wrote the BBC television series Off The Hook. more…

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