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* ThatExplainsALot: Robert confides to Daniel that, after their mother got over the initial shock of finding out her husband was sleeping with a man, she admitted that it cleared up a lot of her confusion as to why they [[SexlessMarriage hadn't slept together]] for quite a long time.
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* ThatExplainsALot: ThisExplainsSoMuch: Robert confides to Daniel that, after their mother got over the initial shock of finding out her husband was sleeping with a man, she admitted that it cleared up a lot of her confusion as to why they [[SexlessMarriage hadn't slept together]] for quite a long time.
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* ThatExplainsALot: Robert confides to Daniel that, after their mother got over the initial shock of finding out her husband was sleeping with a man, she admitted that it cleared up a lot of her confusion as to why they [[SexlessMarriage hadn't slept together]] for quite a long time.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: As soon as Robert/Ryan arrives, he complains about the cost and inconveniences of air travel, even when you're flying first class, and asks what the point of the extra expense is, since if the plane goes down, everybody dies anyway. His mother bursts into tears and excuses herself.
-->'''Robert''': Oh, '''shit'''...
-->'''Robert''': Oh, '''shit'''...
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* TheComicallySerious: The title [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin says it all]], doesn't it? Deconstructed by Creator/RogerEbert's reviews of both versions:
-->''(on the 2007 original)'' Frank Oz's "Death at a Funeral" finds its comedy in the peculiar human trait of being most tempted to laugh when we're absolutely not supposed to.\\
''(on the 2010 remake)'' I don't laugh at movies where the characters are deliberately being vulgar. But when they desperately don't want to be--now that's funny.
-->''(on the 2007 original)'' Frank Oz's "Death at a Funeral" finds its comedy in the peculiar human trait of being most tempted to laugh when we're absolutely not supposed to.\\
''(on the 2010 remake)'' I don't laugh at movies where the characters are deliberately being vulgar. But when they desperately don't want to be--now that's funny.
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* BadLiar: When Peter bursts out of the coffin, Robert tries to cover by yelling, ''"what the '''hell''' are you doing in my dad's coffin?!"'' even as his eyes are shifting every which way.
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* RaceLift: The entire cast with the exception of Frank/Peter (Creator/PeterDinklage played the same part in both films), Simon/Oscar and Justin/Derek.
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* RaceLift: RaceLift:
** The entire cast with the exception of Frank/Peter (Creator/PeterDinklage played the same part in both films), Simon/Oscar andJustin/Derek.
**Justin/Derek. Which allowed for this bit of dialogue:
** The entire cast with the exception of Frank/Peter (Creator/PeterDinklage played the same part in both films), Simon/Oscar and
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* VanityLicensePlate: The license plate on the hearse reads "DCEASED".
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Daniel is writing Peter a cheque for 15,000 pounds in exchange for the blackmail photos, when Peter throws in an offhand comment about how Daniel's novel manuscript seems weak for a first effort, especially compared to Robert's work. Daniel rips up the cheque and tells Robert he is not giving ''"this twat"'' a single penny, and doesn't care if the entire world sees the photos.
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* SoProudOfYou: Daniel spends most of the film in the shadow of his younger, more famous brother, but when he rallies and delivers a heartwarming eulogy, both his mother and his wife are aglow. Even Robert admits that Daniel did a pretty good job.
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Brian, after "reassuring" Aaron that the mortuary ''"almost never"'' brings the wrong body to a funeral.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Ryan smacks Norman when he's freaking out about going to jail.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Daniel agonizes over giving the eulogy at his father's funeral, when his younger brother Robert is the celebrity novelist and everyone at the funeral acts politely surprised that Robert won't be delivering the eulogy. Jane tells him to stop worrying, she knows he'll be magnificent. She's right.
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*WellDoneSonGuy: Uncle Duncan says it, word-for-word, after Aaron delivers his surprisingly graceful and heartwarming eulogy.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Daniel has been using his father's study to write his own novel, but it is only when he speaks with Peter that he looks around the room and realizes the homoerotic overtones in all the art on the walls.
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* NightmareFetishist: Jane is a downplayed example:
** When a delirious Simon topples over the decedent's coffin and spills said decedent onto the floor, Daniel and Jane have to deal with the resulting chaos; Jane, sounding more amazed than upset, remarks, ''"That was unbelievable, wasn't it?"''
** Before the second attempt to hold the memorial, Daniel laments what a nightmare the whole day has been, but Jane grins broadly and says it's all been ''"sort of exciting - for a funeral, I mean."''
** When a delirious Simon topples over the decedent's coffin and spills said decedent onto the floor, Daniel and Jane have to deal with the resulting chaos; Jane, sounding more amazed than upset, remarks, ''"That was unbelievable, wasn't it?"''
** Before the second attempt to hold the memorial, Daniel laments what a nightmare the whole day has been, but Jane grins broadly and says it's all been ''"sort of exciting - for a funeral, I mean."''
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In what must be something of a record for an English language movie, an American [[TheRemake remake]] starring Creator/ChrisRock, [[Series/ThirtyRock Tracy Morgan]], Creator/ZoeSaldana, Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/DannyGlover was released just three years later in 2010, which kept the overall tone of a black comedy... [[ThatCameOutWrong but not in that way.]] Creator/PeterDinklage reprised his role.
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In what must be something of a record for an English language movie, an American [[TheRemake remake]] starring Creator/ChrisRock, [[Series/ThirtyRock Tracy Morgan]], Creator/TracyMorgan, Creator/ZoeSaldana, Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/DannyGlover was released just three years later in 2010, which kept the overall tone of a black comedy... [[ThatCameOutWrong but not in that way.]] Creator/PeterDinklage reprised his role.
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* HonkingArrivingCar: As Norman and Derek roll up to the senior living home to pick up Uncle Russel, who is waiting outside, Norman honks the car horn to get his attention and say, "Hi."
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* DenserAndWackier: The American remake is more of a WorldOfHam in comparison to the original British film. Even Creator/PeterDinklage appears to approach his reprised role in a slightly more over-the-top manner in contrast to his original role.
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* DenserAndWackier: The American remake ExplainExplainOhCrap: Daniel is more of a WorldOfHam in comparison to puzzled about all the original British film. Even Creator/PeterDinklage appears to approach pictures Peter is showing him of Peter and his reprised role dad. Daniel notes that he's never heard of Peter, yet Peter and Daniel's father were "going around like you're some kind of--", and he stops dead in a slightly more over-the-top manner in contrast shock as he realizes the nature of the relationship.
* FamilyDisunion: A big messy family that has all sorts of problems and conflicts that come together at the funeral of the patriarch. Daniel wants to get an apartment but is hard-pressed to find the money; hisoriginal role.
%%* FamilyDisunionwife is pushing him to make the deposit. His brother Robert is apparently broke. Their cousin Martha is dating Simon, whom her father loathes for some reason; Martha's brother Troy is a drug dealer and Simon accidentally takes some of Troy's acid. Their father turns out to have been gay and his lover shows up at the funeral, demanding a blackmail payment.
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* DenserAndWackier: The American version is an exaggerated LargeHam equivalent to the original less-hammy British comedy.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Seemingly played straight near the end when Martha/Elaine tells off Victor/Duncan near the end over opposing her upcoming marriage... except he's really spent the entire movie watching his daughter's fiancee act like an unaccountable lunatic, nobody's told him he was unwittingly under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, and at the end of the scene, the man's simply left saddened and shocked while the story moves on.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Seemingly played straight near the end when Martha/Elaine tells off Victor/Duncan near the end over opposing her upcoming marriage... except he's really spent the entire movie watching his daughter's fiancee act like an unaccountable lunatic, nobody's told him he was unwittingly under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, lunatic and at the end of the scene, the man's simply left saddened and shocked while the story moves on.on. That being said, Victor is a DrJerk who has hated Simon since well before the funeral and continues to treat him poorly after Martha claims that his behavior is because of a poor reaction to medication.
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* TheUnSmile: Howard’s panicked attempt to grin when he goes to tell the brothers that he thinks [[spoiler:Peter is dead.]]
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* LetMeGetThisStraight: As noted below, Aaron is caught a little off guard by Ryan's take on the situation.
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* ArcWords: "My father was an exceptional man..."
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* {{Hypochondria}}: Howard suffers from this.
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* {{Hypochondria}}: Howard suffers from this. His first scene has him freaking out over a discolouration on his wrist, which a barely-attentive Victor diagnoses as possibly the result of a food allergy. Howard then starts freaking out over how much food contains nuts. By then end of the movie he's overcome his neuroses, because getting Uncle Alfie's shit on his hand, face and possibly in his mouth has made it impossible for him to think about anything else.
* InformedAttribute: Robert is hailed as a popular writer, yet it's shown that he has trouble reading subtext. Key moment being when Daniel tries to gently tell him that their father was in the closet and Robert's unable to read him until Daniel just blurts it out.
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** Uncle Alfie's anecdote about how everyone wanted to fuck his girlfriend is cut short when he needs to use the toilet. Whatever point he was trying to make while telling that story is never made clear.
** How exactly did wheelchair-bound Uncle Alfie [[spoiler: end up on the roof of the house?]].
* RuleOfFunny: Uncle Alfie is confined to a wheelchair due to old age, requiring assistance with using a toilet. [[spoiler: Then he takes some of Troy's drugs and is last seen on the roof of the house.]]
** Uncle Alfie's anecdote about how everyone wanted to fuck his girlfriend is cut short when he needs to use the toilet. Whatever point he was trying to make while telling that story is never made clear.
** How exactly did wheelchair-bound Uncle Alfie [[spoiler: end up on the roof of the house?]].
* RuleOfFunny: Uncle Alfie is confined to a wheelchair due to old age, requiring assistance with using a toilet. [[spoiler: Then he takes some of Troy's drugs and is last seen on the roof of the house.]]
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* {{Slimeball}}: Justin. He only came to the funeral so he can flirt with Martha, during which time it's revealed he took advantage of her while she was drunk. When Martha reveals that she's pregnant, Justin loses all interest because he doesn't want the responsibility of parenthood. Seconds later, Justin is seen making a pass at Katie.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Peter has achondroplasia and is a homosexual.
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* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted. It turns out that Daniel and Robert's father had a gay lover.
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