Neil LaBute directs this over-the-top comedy that takes place at one of the two times in life when emotions run the highest… Funerals. (the other one is weddings.) In this, Aaron (Chris Rock) tries to juggle the emotions of everyone at his father’s funeral. First there’s his wanna-be-pregnant wife (Loretta Devine), his younger brother the famous author, Ryan (Martin Lawrence) who upstages him while at the same time chasing around 18 year old Martina (Regine Nehy.) Norman (Tracey Morgan) just wants to feel like part of the family and so does Oscar (James Marsden) who accidentally swallows some acid that eventually infuriates his girlfriend Elaine (Zoe Saldana) who according to her father, should be dating Derek (Luke Wilson.) If this isn’t enough to exhaust you there’s one more cat in the bag…daddy had a lover that shows up in the size of a four foot, white man (Peter Dinklage.) The movie is ridiculously “out there” but it has to be said that the performances and the plot never derail, staying right on track until the credits roll. Chris Rock takes a backseat as the other characters revolve around him. Marsden and Lawrence steal the show. Three tiaras
