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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Platinum Disc
Salesrank: 13298
Released: August 9, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-FEB-2007
Media Type: DVD
The Funeral Reviews:
A Masterpiece 
2009-12-24 - This movie is a "Abel Ferrara" masterpiece! The cast..Christopher Walken,Benicio Del Toro,Chris Penn,Isabella Rossellini,Annabella Sciorra,and Vincent Gallo are a magnificent crew! And what a theatrical performance! The acting in this movie is so great that you think you were watching a true event. If anyone who is pursuing an acting career and would like a lesson,then this is the one to watch.
The Funeral DVD 
2009-01-07 - The Funeral is a good movie, as I had seen it before; however, the DVD is of poor quality and therefore I didn't watch it. I wish Amazon would provide information on the DVD label, so we would know what company has produced the DVD.
If you like all main actors, but you've never heard of the movie... 
2008-12-31 - There's a good chance you should pass on it. Let's just skip the part that nobody could seriously believe Isabella Rossellini and Chris Penn as a couple and get right down to the stuff that doesn't make sense in the movie.
Trying to combine guilt and revenge in a gangster movie is like trying to put garlic on a cannoli. You've got two great themes, but they rarely can be combined to make something tasty. Walken's Ray has plenty of things to feel guilty about, not least among them his failure to shape his little brother Johnny's character after the death of their father.
While the combination of brooding and vengeful thoughts works for the young Hamlet, we expect more from the supposedly mature Ray. Either he can reflect on his role in his brother's death, or he can pursue the killer with a focused vengeance. Here, though, he does neither. The only tension in his pursuit is whether he'll get the right guy. If this tension had been the central theme of the story, it could very well have been more interesting.
Roger Ebert in an overall positive review of the movie described the ending as disappointing. That's a bit of an understatement. It's more like preposterous and lazy. It's hard to say why without giving things away though.
While thought this movie was quite poor, in a nod to the many positive reviews, many by folks I trust, I will say that you know and share the tastes of reviewers who recommend this movie, then go for it. For me though, this was a muddled, dreary tale that never really established its point of view.
Food for thought
2008-07-01 - Intersting if not wooden movie. Took eons to unravel; but had some intersting points about God and existance.
If you can tolerate slow pace this is for you.
Very good film 
2008-06-19 - It is a very good movie. I really enjoyed the way the story was told. The casting was also very well done. Walken, Penn, Del Toro all played great roles.
If you enjoy movies like Miller's Crossing, or other low key organized crime films, you will enjoy the funeral.
