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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  EulogyYou know what kind of movie Eulogy is going to be from the opening scene Zooey Deschanel is shown approaching the front door of a suburban house with something on her mind. A voice-over gives us a clue Ive had to deliver bad news to strangers twice before in my life. The first was to a cat owner during my drivers exam The entire movie is right there every joke will be carried one step too far. See, she didnt just run over a cat, she did it during her drivers exam. Every situation is handled just the same way, pushed to caricature and beyond, until the characters and situations are no longer even remotely identifiable as things that might have happened, and in a dark comedy thats counting on your sympathetic reaction to the story, this is a fatal mistake.
The plot is about a dysfunctional family gathered to see their father into the ground, and of course his will states (of course) that he should have a Viking funeral with the burning longboat and all that. Its as if there was a person working on this film whose sole job was to render every situation as unrealistic as possible while stopping just short of time travel, dinosaurs or vampires.
No one is spared from this notion that humor lives in situations turned way past ten. There is a twist at the end, of course. The dad, Rip Torn, had two other families. Thats why he was never homehe was off with his two other families! By this point, youre just glad Rip Torn is getting a check. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Dont Miss This One!Posted: 12/27/2005A review of Eulogy by Captain_Quirk1 Eulogy is a fresh, witty, spot on comedy that exposes the dysfunctional side present in every family. Featuring fine performances by the entire cast--most notably Debra Winger in an all too rare appearance these days--the film is layered and wickedly hilarious. I highly recommend this terrific black comedy that manages to be both incisive and touching at the same time.
Regarding Karl Williams wrong-headed review appearing above. So many likable, talented actors lined up to participate in Eulogy because they saw the vision behind the clever humor and entertaining characters this wonderful, twisted satire has to offer. Too bad you missed it... Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  HilariousPosted: 3/14/2005A review of Eulogy by GiuseppeP_16 Oh My Gosh! This movie is so hillarious, Hank Azaria and Ray Romano make a perfect mix and the rest of the cast just clicks together to create instant comedy. From Alice the woman who has kids that don't talk. The lesbiens, The former child star and, the boy with the two reckless boys. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful eulogy reviewWe've seen this kind of thing before -- The Dysfunctional Family Get-Together, Black-Comedy Division -- but this one has a cast to die for and a bitter poignancy that imparts the sly and frequently mean-spirited wit with genuine feeling. Edmund Collins (Rip Torn: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) has died, leaving behind a suicidal widow (Piper Laurie: The Faculty), a handful of neurotic offspring, and their spouses and kids, most of whom have had the Collins craziness rub off on them in the worst possible way. Only college student Kate (the luminous and sharp-edged Zooey Deschanel: Elf) has her head on straight, but even that won't help her write Grandpa's eulogy when no one has a kind word to say about him. Sure, this is one of those thank-god-your-own-family-ain't-this-ba d movies, but I dare you not to find yourself really kind of wishing you could hang out with Hank Azaria's (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) Daniel, a washed-up former child star (and Kate's dad), and Famke Janssen's (X2: X-Men United) Judy, lesbian lover to Collins daughter Lucy (Kelly Preston: The Cat in the Hat), who delights in tweaking her future sister-in-law Alice's (a deliciously disturbed Debra Winger: Radio) homophobia. And Glenne Headly is always a treat, here as an old family friend who finds herself putting out emotional fires... and restarting an old one. Writer-director Michael Clancy makes a promising debut here, adroitly juggling diverse, expansive characters, and not only does he never let them descend into the cartoonish, he gets us to really care about them, psychoses and all. Was this review helpful? Sign In 5 out of 5 users found this helpful HilariousPosted: 10/11/2004A review of Eulogy by brightone2 Just saw this movie at a screening and man is it funny! If you like to laugh, you can't go wrong. Even my mother in law who's 75 loved it. This one is good for the entire family- so long as they're not too young. Shark Tale it is not. You've never seen Ray Romano in a role like this and it's worth the ticket just to see Debra Winger's comeback. I highly recommend. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-5 of 5 Per Page | ||
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