Synopsis
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
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Cast
- Hank AzariaDaniel Collins
- Jesse BradfordRyan Carmichael
- Zooey DeschanelKate Collins
- Glenne HeadlySamantha
- Famke JanssenJudy Arnolds
- Kelly PrestonLucy Collins
- Ray RomanoSkip Collins
- Rip TornEdmund Collins
- Debra WingerAlice Collins
- Piper LaurieCharlotte Collins
Recommendations
- 60
Film Threat
It's more about watching an ensemble cast try to one-up one another's performance than anything else – and for what it is, it works. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Character eccentricities and off-kilter group dynamics play out with a comic vengeance. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The movie is like a promising date that goes nowhere. - 50
New York Daily News
In the expanding genre of quirky comedies, first-time writer-director Michael Clancy's messy, fitfully funny Eulogy is among the quirkiest. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Neither ditzy enough as comedy nor realistic enough as human drama to live a long life. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The occasional amusing one-liner can't compensate for the broad caricatures and awkwardly structured story. - 38
New York Post
That Eulogy has any laughs is largely a testament to the understated Romano -- he and Deschanel are the only ones in the cast who aren't straining to be funny. - 30
The New York Times
The screenplay is closer in tone to an uneasy mixture of post-"Seinfeld" bile and unfocused Altmanesque satirical misanthropy. Partly because the story's structure is so haphazard, most of the jokes land with a thud.
