Death at a Funeral is a 2007 black comedy directed by Frank Oz. Starring Ewen Bremner, and Peter Dinklage the film was a major success in Australia, where it was number one at the box office for a several weeks. Frank Oz has directed such films as: 2004's the Stepford Wives, Bowfinger and What About Bob?.

Married and still living with his now deceased father, the film begins with arrangements that must be set for the funeral. Daniel, played by Matthew Macfadyen, must organize the funeral, but runs into a number a problems along the way. Dreaded interaction with family, a mysterious guest that threatens to reveal a secret from the father's past, and a incompetent undertaker, all make for the central conflicts experienced during the film.

• Time: The Very Lively Death at a Funeral
  • "...director Frank Oz's insanely funny, if occasionally out-of-control, black farce..."
• eFilmCritic.com: Death at a Funeral Review (4/4)
  • "There's nothing in "Death at a Funeral" that's any funnier than the tagline that appeared in some of the advertising: "A family that puts the F U in funeral." That's gold!"
• USATODAY.com: This Funeral is Just a Riot (3.5/4)
  • "The lack of propriety and solemnity is precisely what makes this comic farce so uproariously funny."
• The Hollywood Reporter: Death at a Funeral Review
  • "At its best, British farce should seem effortless. In "Death at a Funeral," the effort shows. Subplots are contrived and relationships pat. Yet this topsy-turvy funeral produces a number of smiles, giggles, pleasant guffaws and several solid, sustained laughs. Not a bad batting average as comedies go."

• Entertainment Weekly: Death at a Funeral Review (Grade: C+)
  • "By the end of Death at a Funeral's effortful farce about busted British propriety, you may feel that peculiar facial ache that comes from wishing to laugh with no really satisfying release."
• Miami Herald: Death at a Funeral Review
  • "Comedy equals tragedy plus time, they say. Maybe with a little more time to simmer, the death-in-the-family shenanigans of Death at a Funeral would have yielded a funnier result."
• Wall Street Journal: Death at a Funeral Review
  • "But whatever head of steam "Death at a Funeral" gathers is dissipated by the repetitive, predictable jokes and by the cowardice of its sugary ending."
• New York Post: Death at a Funeral Review (2/4)
  • "The movie is a gentle British ensemble comedy much like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" - minus the four weddings and four-fifths of the wit."