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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236171850
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 08, 2005
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 12207
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Description:
One dead patriarch, one deliciously dysfunctional family, and one wickedly funny irreverent comedy! When three generations of a deliciously dysfunctional family gather to bury the family patriarch, the beloved granddaughter of the deceased is given the task of delivering the eulogy. In the days leading up to the funeral, family secrets are revealed, old grudges resurface and the household erupts with renewed vigor. Eulogy is ultimately a heartwarming portrait of a houseful of misfits celebrating the strangest and most enduring bond of all.
Amazon.com:
A spirited ensemble cast keeps things cooking in Eulogy, a black comedy about a gathering of the dysfunctional Collins family following the death of its prickly patriarch (Rip Torn). Zooey Deschanel plays granddaughter Kate, struggling to fulfill the old man's last wish that she write his eulogy. Meanwhile, her dad (Hank Azaria), a has-been actor, smokes pot in the dark and referees battles between his seamy brother Skip (Ray Romano), lesbian sister Lucy (Kelly Preston) and her lover Judy (Famke Janssen), caustic sibling Alice (Debra Winger), and suicidal mother Charlotte (Piper Laurie). Confused about her loyalties, poor Kate alternately runs to and from best friend Ryan (Jesse Bradford), who wants to become her lover, while Alice--super-critical of Lucy's sexuality--fails to keep secret her own fling with a nurse (Glenne Headly). Eulogy never quite reaches full boil, but there are many funny moments, and Deschanel, Romano, and Preston are particularly watchable. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Over the top but likeable
DVD is the best thing since slice bread because if you missed a movie cause you're too busy you can always catch it on DVD, and Eulogy is probably one of those movies that people won't go out of their ways to see in their local theather but can appreciate on DVD. It's an over the top treatment of a disfunction American family with a funeral thrown in. The only sane, respondsible character is grandaughter Kate(Zooey Deschane-looking like a younger version of Winger) who tries to keep waring aunts, ... Read More
Rating: - It is funny but not great
This movie has its funny moments. The acting is great giving it four starts. The story could of used more touch ups and some parts just seemed silly but hey it is a movie about a dysfunctional family and it plays that card well. All the characters make this movie work. I recommend this if your looking for a good rental but when it comes to adding to your movie collection it will just build up dust since its just going wear massivly after a couple of watches.
Diffently worth watching even ... Read More
Rating: - Funny!
If you like irreverant, dark, understated humor, get this film -- it's hysterical!
Great performances including Kelly Preston and Ray Romano.
Rating:  - Eulogy
this was a gift for my husband - he was tickled - it arrived promptly and in condition described.
Rating: - Dark Comedy, all star cast, highly overlooked
I picked this film up as a free rental no expecting much. This is a really funny movie. Ray Ramano, Hank Azaria, Zooey Deschanel, Kelly Preston, and Rip Torn amongst others are the line up for this comedy of a dysfunctional family, which chest gets more and more dysfuctional as the film goes on. But again, in the end, they are all family. Very funny and interesting, worth a rent or purchasing, either way, a really overlooked gem.
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