Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Death at a Funeral


This looked like it was going to be a dreary British black comedy, but I ended up liking it so much I ordered it to keep on Amazon. I circled the two actors responsible for really making this movie for me. Two pants-pissing hilarious moments: when Andy Nyman's character Howard clumsily tries to console the widow by telling her of his "friend who died" by being stabbed in the neck. And Howard's attempt to distract the clergyman with anything he can think of, which turns out to be, among other things, the theological question of whether wine is sweeter on Sundays and what to do about his shameful desire to "push a pen up his bum". But the comedy doesn't come across in print. You should see for yourself. I was crying with laughter.

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