Hank Azaria,
Jesse Bradford,
Zooey Deschanel,
Glenne Headly,
Famke Janssen
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Writer/director Michael Clancy makes his feature film debut with the black comedy Eulogy. Zooey Deschanel plays Kate Collins, an unhappy college student who is made even more unhappy when her grandfat... read more
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
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October 16, 2011A dysfunctional family gathers for the patriarch's funeral.
With the characters' convoluted plotlines, even a trite voice over and an awkward framing narrative can't save this film. By the time I figured out who wanted what, who was related in to whom, and what the histories of ... read more -
May 28, 2011Eulogy is one bizarre comedy that brings a lot of laughs. When the patriarch of a dysfunctional family passes on, his family gets together in the same house the funeral and all hell breaks loose. With Eulogy you have a wonderful cast that are all funny in their own way. Eulogy is... read more
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August 29, 2010Totally cute. Kind of weird when Zooey, known for her quirky roles, was the normal one in this. I thought it was funny and dark. Very offbeat but loveable.
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November 12, 2007Funny, if not excessively mean, Eulogy is a good way to spend 85 minutes. It's a solid black comedy romp with possibly the most lesbians I've ever seen in a feature-length film.
I'm probably going to hell for actually liking Ray Romano in something, but c'est la vie. -
November 6, 2007Nothing special about it, but nothing bad either. It was funny at times. The people who wrote it however have obviously never smoked pot, unless they were smoking it mixed with meth/coke/and draino.
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September 8, 2007A comedy centred around dysfunctional family and the funeral of the patriarch. I found it pretty funny. The granddaughter Kate (Zooey Deschanel) is perhaps the only sane person in the family.
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November 5, 2007A great movie. Loved it from beginning to end, had a great round of actors with fantastic character portrayals.
FAVORITE SCENE: As the family stands around comforting one another at the lake, the surviving members start to sing "Papa was a Rolling Stone" and soon as the singin... read more -
September 9, 2007Funny & unique family comedy, very witty, and Zooey Deschanel is excellent.
Critic Reviews
October 20, 2004
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
October 15, 2004
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
When a filmmaker is savvy enough to hire Torn to play an eccentric codger, then has him do little more than play dead in a casket, he has a lot of learning to do. Full Review
October 15, 2004
Lou Lumenick, 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.
October 15, 2004
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Romano's caveman-ish line readings are perfectly pitched. Full Review
October 14, 2004
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
The terrific ensemble cast finds the right deadpan tone to deliver the dysfunction.
October 14, 2004
Stephen Holden, New York Times
The sort of mordant ensemble comedy that Robert Altman pulled off with A Wedding appears to have been a prototype for this flat, funereal farce. Full Review
October 14, 2004
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
All this off-the-wall detachment from reality might be OK if the characters didn't also feel detached from one another. Full Review
October 13, 2004
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
If Eulogy were a sitcom pilot, it would be dead on arrival. Full Review
October 12, 2004
Joshua Land, Village Voice
Do you ever long to recapture that childhood feeling of being trapped in a car with your family three hours after the air conditioner's conked out on a sweltering summer day? Full Review
February 18, 2005
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Clancy's script is better than his direction, with several high points in both dialogue and scene construction. The material is darkly funny but not so dark as to be vicious. Full Review
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