death at a funeral

Director: neil labute

Actor: chris rock,martin lawrence,keith david,loretta devine

Data Published: Fri Apr 16 2010

Genres: Comedy

Key Words: screwball comedy,ensemble cast,ensemble film,ensemble comedy,family patriarch

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321509/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_at_a_Funeral_(2010_film)

Description: Death at a Funeral is a movie starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, and Keith David. A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.

Plot: A funeral service is held for the father of Aaron (Chris Rock) and Ryan (Martin Lawrence). Aaron, the older son, and his wife Michelle (Regina Hall) live at his parents' home. Aaron and Michelle have been trying to buy their own home and have children but have been unsuccessful. Aaron envies Ryan because Ryan is a successful author, while he has not yet had his novel published, and resents his brother because Ryan would rather spend money on a first class airline ticket than help him pay for the funeral expenses. Aaron and Ryan's cousin Elaine (Zoe Saldana) and her fiance Oscar (James Marsden) are on their way to pick up Elaine's brother Jeff (Columbus Short) before heading to the funeral. To ease Oscar's nerves, she gives him a pill from a bottle labeled as Valium. Jeff later reveals to Elaine that it is a powerful hallucinogenic drug he has concocted for a friend. Chaos ensues when Oscar hallucinates that the coffin is moving. He knocks it over, and the body falls out of the coffin, shocking everyone and delaying the funeral until further notice. Aaron is approached by an unknown guest, a white dwarf named Frank (Peter Dinklage), who reveals himself to be the secret lover of his late father. Frank shows Aaron photos as proof and threatens to reveal them to Aaron's mother unless he is paid $30,000. While in shock, Aaron relays the situation to Ryan, who suggests Aaron to pay the money because Ryan claims that he is buried in debt. When Aaron and Ryan meet with Frank to pay him, Frank starts to deride Aaron's ability as a writer and Aaron refuses to pay. Frank turns violent, putting his hand in his pocket and trying to leave the room, but Ryan and Aaron subdue him, tying him up to prevent him from leaving. Family friend Norman (Tracy Morgan) enters the room, giving Frank several doses of what he also believes is Valium to try to calm him down. Jeff also enters the room, telling them that it is the same hallucinogen Oscar took earlier. When Jeff and Norman who are supposed to be guarding Frank get distracted by Uncle Russell (Danny Glover), Frank frees himself from his bonds, jumps off the couch and hits his head on the coffee table. With Aaron, Ryan, Jeff and Norman believing Frank is dead, they plan to put him in the coffin. While everyone is outside watching Oscar who is on the roof naked, threatening to commit suicide because he has seen Elaine's ex-boyfriend Derek (Luke Wilson) kissing her, Aaron and Ryan put Frank in the coffin. Elaine tells Oscar that Derek forcibly kissed her and calms him down by revealing she is pregnant. With everyone back inside, they continue the eulogy. While Aaron awkwardly tries to give his speech, Frank shakes the coffin from inside it, then suddenly forces it open and emerges, finally surprising Oscar. The pictures fall out of Frank's pocket, while Aaron and Ryan's mother Cynthia (Loretta Devine) sees the pictures, screams at Frank, and starts to attack him. Aaron yells for everyone's attention as he delivers a moving and impromptu eulogy, saying that his father was a good man with flaws like everyone else. Aaron and Ryan say goodbye while Ryan gets a ride to the airport by Martina, whom he had been trying to seduce all day. Aaron and Michelle are finally alone and going to try to have a baby. Aaron asks where Uncle Russell is and Michelle tells him that she gave him what she believes is Valium to calm him down, shocking Aaron. Uncle Russell sits on the roof naked, like Oscar had been, complaining about how "everything's so fucking green."