A comedy of errors

The BBC website describes 'Death At A Funeral' as a desperate bid to marry a Richard Curtis comedy of middle-class manners with the taste-free gross-out style of the Farrelly Brothers. I can't say I really like those directors, but I can say I enjoyed this. Any film that can combine midget wrestling, hallucinogenic drugs and scatology at a funeral and still retain some class deserves some praise. The cast on paper we're not a huge pull in my decision to watch the movie, but there were a few surprises, mainly Daisy Donovan whom I thought was excellent here. Death At A Funeral is a welcome return to the British farcical comedies of old.

7/10