Death at a Funeral

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Neil LaBute directs. Rogier Stoffers behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Tracey Wadmore-Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 16 years ago.
• 2Directed by Neil LaBute, shot by Rogier Stoffers. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Tracey Wadmore-Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence and Zoe Saldaña carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "This is one sad family.".
• 7IMDB entry: tt1321509 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Rogier Stoffers

Original score

Christophe Beck

Editing

Tracey Wadmore-Smith

Production design

Jon Gary Steele

Costume design

Maya Lieberman

Makeup / hair

Nathalie Allen

VFX supervisor

Rocco Passionino

Sound

Bill W. Benton

Stunt coordinator

Lance Gilbert

Runtime

92 min · 1h 32m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$21,000,000

Box office

$49,050,886

Return

234% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Death at a Funeral (2010) ↗

Also by

Neil LaBute

• 
  Billions

  2016 · ★ 7.8
• 
  Hell on Wheels

  2011 · ★ 7.6
• 
  BFF

  2012 · ★ 6.8
• 
  In the Company of Men

  1997 · ★ 6.7
• 
  The Shape of Things

  2003 · ★ 6.2
• 
  Nurse Betty

  2000 · ★ 6.1

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Watch the Death at a Funeral Trailer - In Theaters 4/16/10

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Kamurai2020-09-22
  ★ 7/10

  Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is a remake of the 2007 "Death at a Funeral" which was English where as this is the black / american version. Personally, this was very large shoes to fill only 3 years after the original. Surprisingly, the movie is almost beat for beat the original, and they even got Peter Dinklage to reprise the same role (apparently a rare thing to do in the industry), which begs why they didn't get Alan Tudyk, also American, to reprise his role (and my fav from the original). James Marsden tries to put his personal spin on it, but it does look like he is very much imitating Tudyk for the most part. Luke Wilson replaces the Scottish role, being the only other white actor which says more about how the English take to the Scots as out of sorts than anything. It's a stupid thing: the whole world should get along better. This is an awesome cast: Zoe Saldana, Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Danny Glover (probably my favorite in this one), Tracey Morgan, Kevin Hart, and Keith David. And they're all fantastic, even the people I'm less familiar with were on point. So I do give this version points for better casting and bigger personalities. The movie is a little brighter, a little more fun with the characters, but it's still the same great, funny story. I wouldn't blame you for watching one over the other, but I still like the original better, mostly for Alan Tudyk.

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Production companies

Who made it

• PA

  Parabolic Pictures

  US

• WO

  Wonderful Films

  US

• ST

  Stable Way Entertainment

  US

• 

  Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerGlenn S. Gainor
• Executive ProducerJim Tauber
• Executive ProducerTrae Ireland
• Executive ProducerDean Craig
• Executive ProducerBruce Toll
• EditorTracey Wadmore-Smith
• Production DesignJon Gary Steele
• Art DirectionChris Cornwell
• Set DecorationDena Roth
• Costume DesignMaya Lieberman
• Sound Re-Recording MixerBill W. Benton
• Sound Re-Recording MixerGary C. Bourgeois
• Supervising Sound EditorRonald Eng
• Sound Effects EditorSteve Tushar
• ProducerWilliam Horberg
• ProducerChris Rock
• ProducerSidney Kimmel
• ProducerLaurence Malkin
• ProducerShare Stallings
• Associate ProducerTrae Ireland
• Co-ProducerJosh Kesselman
• Co-ProducerNicolas Stern
• CastingVictoria Thomas
• Makeup ArtistNathalie Allen

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• family relationships
• remake
• murder
• death

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2010-04-15R

Also known as

International titles

• Festa col morto - Il funerale è servitoIT
• Muerte en el funeralAR
• Morte num funeralPT
• Morte no funeralBR
• Смерть на похоронахUA
• Joyeuses FunéraillesCA
• デス・アット・ア・フューネラルJP