Sterben für Anfänger (2007)

Sterben für Anfänger: Directed by Frank Oz. With Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner. Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

“u0026quot;Death at a Funeralu0026quot; is a hilarious British black comedy from 2007 starring Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Dinklage, Jane Asher, Alan Tudyk, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, and Peter Vaughan.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA family gathers for the patriarchu0026#39;s funeral: his wife (Asher), his son Daniel (MacFadyen) and his wife Jane (Keely Hawes, MacFadyenu0026#39;s real-life wife), and his son Robert (Rupert Graves). Robert is a well-known author living in a New York City penthouse; Daniel and Jane have been looking after his parents but now are planning to get a flat further away. Daniel and Robert are supposed to split the cost of the funeral, but Robert claims to have no money because itu0026#39;s expensive to keep up his lifestyle. He also wonu0026#39;t give the eulogy, though everyone who walks in asks him if heu0026#39;s going to. Meanwhile, Daniel practices a eulogy but never seems to get past, u0026quot;My father was an exceptional man.u0026quot; Meanwhile, the funeral home has brought the wrong body and has to return to get the right one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDaniel and Robertu0026#39;s cousin Martha (Daisy Donovan) is attending the funeral with her boyfriend Simon (Tudyk). When they go to pick up Troy (Marshall), Martha gives the nervous Simon what she thinks is a Valium. Itu0026#39;s a hallucinogenic concocted by Troy, who is a pharmacy student. By the time they get to the wedding, Simon is acting strangely. Not as strangely as he would act later on, but strangely.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDaniel notices a dwarf (Dinklage) at the funeral; the man says he wants to speak with Daniel privately. His name is Peter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThatu0026#39;s all Iu0026#39;ll say but the story becomes more and more bizarre and funny, including a hypochondriac with a discoloration on his wrist that heu0026#39;s sure is a dreaded disease, blackmail, nudity, a locked bathroom, and lots of other things.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVery, very entertaining with fine performances, no one going for laughs, just playing the characters. Thatu0026#39;s really the way to do it. One of my favorite parts occurs when Robert tries to dismiss the problems brought in by Peter, saying, u0026quot;Oh, no one even noticed him.u0026quot; u0026quot;No one noticed him?u0026quot; Daniel asks. u0026quot;Heu0026#39;s 4u0026#39;5!u0026quot; A lovely ending puts the cap on this entertaining film.”