Product: Death At A Funeral [Blu-ray] (2007)
Rating: 2.0
How To Screw Up A Great Premise...
How do you do an: English comedy with English actors, set in England and written by an Englishman - and still screw it up? Hire an American to direct the film.I mean no offense to Frank Oz, whom I personally admire - not only for his ability as a writer/actor/director/voice of Ms. Piggy - but "Death At A Funeral" is such an incredible bore-fest of wasted talent and lost opportunities.After reading the review by Amazon's Kathleen C. Fennessy, I have to admit at being surprised that she credits Oz for having been born in the UK as some God-given inheritance of British humor and filmmaking. Trust me - it doesn't. That's why being born asian doesn't mean you'll become the next Bruce Lee; an incidental burst of amniotic fluid to a locale will not transfer the cultural heritage of a people 'just because'.Are there some mildly amusing moments - yes. Alan Tudyk certainly puts all of his craft on display and wings out a wonderful smirk or two as he is accidentally given an experimental hallucinogen. But the laughs are few and very far between.