Eulogy
Now this is a screwed up family.
Rip Torn is the father to 4 children. He dies and the families get together at the old place for the funeral. The main character is the granddaughter played by Zooey Deschanel (she's the daughter of Hank Azaria in this movie). She's also the only sane one in this movie but she has some issues with one of the local boys. The family is crazy. Ray Romano has twins who are absolute hormonal pricks. They drove away their mother at age 11. One of Torn's daughters is a lesbian who is then constantly persecuted by the other daughter for her lifestyle. Nobody pays any attention to the widowed grandmother who spends the movie trying to kill herself. It makes for quite hilarious situations.
The movie is really funny for the first half but dies off for the actual funeral. It regains the funny afterwards. It has a few predictable moments but most of the humor is very clever and, I felt, very well done. It also has a few unique twists.
3.5 of 5. Very funny, entertaining.
Rip Torn is the father to 4 children. He dies and the families get together at the old place for the funeral. The main character is the granddaughter played by Zooey Deschanel (she's the daughter of Hank Azaria in this movie). She's also the only sane one in this movie but she has some issues with one of the local boys. The family is crazy. Ray Romano has twins who are absolute hormonal pricks. They drove away their mother at age 11. One of Torn's daughters is a lesbian who is then constantly persecuted by the other daughter for her lifestyle. Nobody pays any attention to the widowed grandmother who spends the movie trying to kill herself. It makes for quite hilarious situations.
The movie is really funny for the first half but dies off for the actual funeral. It regains the funny afterwards. It has a few predictable moments but most of the humor is very clever and, I felt, very well done. It also has a few unique twists.
3.5 of 5. Very funny, entertaining.
posted by Arbusto at
10:24 AM
3 Comments:
My dad told me about this movie. He told me about the "burial at sea" scene. I was near tears, laughing.
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SouthernCanadian, at 10:44 AM
Yeah, that was a great scene. That was the twins' shining moment.
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Arbusto, at 1:36 AM
I rented and watched Eulogy last night. It was pretty funny, but I'd give it about the same rating you did.
By
SouthernCanadian, at 1:25 PM
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