The Funeral

hands down the best movie ever created ive been watching on a loop for 4 years straight! Christoper walken is the epitomy of excellence!!... Full review

to me when i first look at the stars i was like ok this could be a very good movie but in the end it was ok nothing speacial but i have to admit though the ending was very good and... Full review

The Funeral is a dark and gritty story that plumbs the characters in a New York band of criminal brothers. It doesn't have the romantic sweep of a Godfather movie, nor the rawness of Scarface. But it does have great... Full review

Chris Penn needs to get more intense rolls like this one. He is great in this movie and makes you forget about some of the bad movies he has made. This is a movie that needs to be watched .... Full review

This was one DIFFERENT gangster picture, brought to you by Abel Ferarra. I first came to know the rather unique director from his infamous DRILLER KILLER... Which is really 90 minutes of my life I'd like to have back. It's... Full review

Truly an all time worst. Very bad acting, bad direction, bad story and above all a very boring film...that is hard to sit through.... Full review

Very captivating movie. Wasn't certain where the story was going but enjoyed the journey. Watched the first 10 minutes on IFC and then couldn't turn away.... Full review

When it comes to cult film-maker Abel Ferrara, people seem to either love his work or hate it. I think some of his films are great but some are just rubbish. Fortunately "The Funeral" is far from being rubbish, but... Full review

Though he was the director of that awful thriller, 'Fear City,' Abel Ferrer offers a movie about mobsters that distinguishes it from a decade of far too many mobster-themed movies in that it does not glorify mob life. Though slow... Full review

This is a great film. Walken, Penn and Gallo are the brothers who are doomed regardless of any good they do. Ferrara, once again, delivers a powerful film with plenty of imagery and suspense to keep you watching. These gangsters get... Full review

It's hard to distinguish the gangster film, but somehow The Funeral, with its beautifully written script and Walken's extraordinary performance as Ray, this film has a depth and intensity often lacking in the genre. Apart from an inconclusive ending, The Funeral is a compelling and thoughtful drama. ... Full Review

Christopher Walken stars as a '30s New York mobster struggling to hold his family together following the murder of his youngest sibling (the convincingly cadaverous Vincent Gallo). ... Full Review

In its favour, The Funeral looks great, and fine Billie Holliday tunes beef up the period soundtrack, but sound and style cant save the film from high-diving into monotony. Grim, icky and riotously violent, The Funeral steals all your money and drops you in the Hudson wearing a cement overcoat. ... Full Review

The Funeral gets just that in the terrific, wiggly Benicio Del Toro as a rival gangster -- he makes a fine enemy for the squabbling brothers to unite against. Set in the 1930s, The Funeral follows three brothers in organized crime, one of whom, played with nice sass by Calvin Klein model Vincent Gallo, is dead when the movie starts -- it's his funeral. ... Full Review

The movie is about mans futile attempt to find grace and justice in a world where there seems to be little of either. This leads him into a foolish confrontation with rival gangster Gaspare (Benicio del Toro), who asks the Tempios to go easy on a factory boss who wants to lay off workers. ... Full Review

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Before Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell can strum the final chord to the second song of his set, someone in the audience is yelling "Funeral!" with a fierceness usually reserved for encores, when people are sufficiently loose enough to... ... Full Article

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