Wednesday, March 26, 2008

DEATH AT A FUNERAL (MATTHEW MACFADYEN, PETER DINKLAGE; 2007)


LADIES & GENTLEMEN, MEET PETER DINKLAGE, THE MIDGET TO YOUR LEFT. PETER DOESN'T "DO" MAKE-UP BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY A MIDGET. NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE MAY BE LITTLE, BUT HE'S A BIG MIRACLE FOR FILM GOERS. IN THIS MOVIE PETER IS NO SIDE-SHOW CAMEO. HIS CHARACTER, A GAY, SNEAKY, WEE-ONE, IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES OF THE FILM. I REPEAT MYSELF, GAY. SNEAKY. MIDGET. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MOVIE WAS AMAZING. I HAVEN'T LAUGHED THIS HARD SINCE THE PREMIERE OF THE TWO COREYS. THE STORY FOCUSES ON EXPOSING A FAMILIES' SECRETS AT THE FAMILY'S PATRIARCH'S FUNERAL. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON A POWERFUL HALLUCINOGEN, WHICH IS MISTAKEN FOR VALIUM, AND ACCIDENTALLY CONSUMED BY MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ENGLISH HAVE BEEN UP TO OVER THERE, BUT APPARENTLY THEY TURNED THEIR TEA INTO BOURBON AND REALLY DROPPED THEIR PARTY BALLS. THIS MOVIE IS HYSTERICAL BUT I'M STILL GLAD WE WON.

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