"Raunchy, Immoral Comedy"
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What You Need To Know:
DEATH AT A FUNERAL is filthy, vulgar comedy with no redeeming quality whatsoever. It contains deplorable content, pretty much from start to finish. The comedy is barely laughable because it is so base. The movie quickly spirals from shocking to repulsive. It contains disgusting scatological humor, an over-abundance of foul language, strong homosexual content, and the basest kind of jesting. Media-wise viewers can find more worthwhile faire at movieguide.org.
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(PaPaPa, HoHo, Ro, PC, C, B, ABAB, LLL, V, SS, N, DDD, MMM) Very strong mixed pagan worldview with no moral sense and strong homosexual elements, some Romanticism, a few politically correct statements, and some Scripture is read and “Amazing Grace” sung but there’s no reverence for biblical morality and they are handled mostly in a comedic sense; 93 strong obscenities, 10 profanities, and scatological humor includes one crude gesture and older man defecates on someone’s hand in a vile depiction of scatological humor; comedic violence includes pratfalls, punching, two brothers wrestle and punch each other in the crotch, deceased body is knocked out of his casket, two men wrestle a little person and hog tie him up, man slips and hits his head on glass table, man who is fully naked and tripping on LSD nearly falls off roof of house; strong sexual content includes discussions of family patriarch having carried on a homosexual affair, homosexual lover shows embarrassing pictures of the patriarch to family members, unmarried kissing, married couple discuss trying to conceive, unmarried couple announce they are pregnant, discussions of sex between unmarried people, older man hits on younger woman; upper male nudity and rear male nudity as man tripping on acid runs around nude on rooftop; no alcohol use; depicted cigarette smoking and people are high on LSD after having mistaken it for valium; and, very strong miscellaneous immorality includes blackmail, bribery, lying, racial humor, bigoted remarks about little people.
More Detail:
DEATH AT A FUNERAL, a raunchy remake of the 2007 British comedy of the same title, is the story of a dysfunctional family whose dark secrets come to light at the funeral of the family patriarch.
From the opening scene in which the hearse delivers the wrong casket to their family’s Pasadena home for an in-house funeral, Aaron (played by Chris Rock) knows this is going to be a long day. Chaos ensues as members of the immediate family as well as the extended family arrive at the house. Each of them brings another piece of the dysfunctional puzzle to the home.
The cast of characters includes Aaron’s brother (played Martin Lawrence), a successful New York novelist whose rivalry with Aaron is well-documented, and Aaron’s wife Michelle who needs her husband to go upstairs with her on the day of his father’s funeral because she is ready to conceive. Adding to the mix are Aaron’s uncle (played Danny Glover), a vile old man whose foul mouth is only eclipsed by his foul bowel trouble and Aaron’s cousin whose fiancé is tripping on LSD after mistaking it for Valium. The entire family is unable to put aside their petty squabbles in order to pay respect to their dearly departed.
Things go from bad to worse when a mysterious man shows up and demands a payout of $30,000 to keep a secret about Aaron’s father from his mother. The man reveals himself as the father’s longtime lover, and he has the incriminating photos to prove their homosexual affair. As the story, and the comedy, spiral downward, Aaron must find a way to resolve his family’s differences and salvage whatever is left of his deceased father’s dignity.
DEATH AT A FUNERAL is a filthy, vulgar comedy with no redeeming quality whatsoever. It contains deplorable content, pretty much from start to finish. The comedy is barely laughable because it is so base. The movie quickly spirals from shocking to repulsive. From disgusting scatological humor to an over-abundance of foul language, from strong homosexual content to the most base of jesting, this movie is filled with immoral content and has nothing redeemable whatsoever. Even the biblical references and singing of “Amazing Grace” are an attempt at the basest form of sacrilege. Anyone with any sense of media discernment will avoid this movie, no matter what. For a list of positive movies that offer a moral alternative to this filth, please see the reviews at www.movieguide.org.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.
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