The Pallbearer

'The Pallbearer' is a somewhat inoffensive film which most people could either take or leave. The film was Schwimmer's first attempt at non-'Friends' success but it bombed terribly at the box office and as a result remains unusual and unique... Full review

Pallbearer is a story about a guy who has not gained anything in his life and his future does not look promising either. Well, he is healthy and sane but incredibly unfortunate because he has probably been a too kind... Full review

This 1996 flick was directed and co-written by Matt Reeves along with Jason Katims. A sort of serious romantic comedy. I loved Barbara Hershey in this. She never disappoints. Playing the mother of a son she lost, she turns to... Full review

I feel fairly certain that had i watched this movie on video or in the theater it certainly would have been better. Unfortunately i saw it on cable with commercials defiling all the tension built up by a dramatic scene.*****... Full review

The DVD cover to this film describes it as "wildly entertaining." I find this characterization "wildly" inappropriate. Although it does have its comedic moments at the beginning (the funeral scenes are reminiscent of "The Big Chill" and the "Chuckles the... Full review

I dont know what the critics saw, but it wasnt the Pallbearer. This movie was a flat out lame jokeless drama not even close to a comedy film. They claim it to be wildly entertaining and it just plain sucked. Not... Full review

Maybe it was the great, eclectic soundtrack with the likes of Django Reinhardt, Herbie Hancock, Perry Como, Curtis Mayfield, Neil Young and Richie Havens, or maybe it was the dark and subtle bits of humor that pleasantly surprised me throughout... Full review

This was the worst movie ever! Bad acting! And the plot skips around so badly that the movie just doesn't make sense. I hated this one. I don't recommend it, by the way.... Full review

This movie was sooooo mis-marketed. I saw a review for it in the paper - WILDLY ENTERTAINING!...LAUGH-OUT-LOUD HILARIOUS! - it turns out, it wasn't. To sum up, it is about this man (David Schwimmer) who is asked to be a pallbearer... Full review

"The Paullbearer" spoke volumes to this textbook dark comedy fan. Anyone who has ever found themself drifting somewhere between knowing what you are doing and what you should be doing, with a little love related delema mixed in, needs to give... Full review

I can only say that his debut as a movie star in "The Pallbearer" was less than impressive. But perhaps the movie is realistic. It's the first film for both young filmmakers, who seem to suffer a television-induced short attention span. ... Full Review

Mostly ``The Pallbearer'' is amusing and likable. He doesn't really have another romantic prospect, and Hershey's siren demeanor and bleached-blond looks get the better of him. Schwimmer is the ideal lovable klutz in this film. ... Full Review

Along with the ever-distinctive Kane, the film's three stars are supported by several gifted young actors. Paltrow is radiant in her fresh presence and is as adept in expressing wide-ranging emotional shifts as Schwimmer and Hershey; all three actors are playing terrifically skittish people. ... Full Review

The difference is that his character is the focus of the story in The Pallbearer, and 98 minutes of his frowning, puppy dog eyes, "beat the shit out of me, I'm a geek" look is just too much! Matt Reeves even goes so far as to use the old trick of putting characters who are falling into a relationship on a roller coaster, but he adds a twist, an annoying monotone voice-over by Paltrow. ... Full Review

Overall, The Pallbearer may not be as stylish or as funny as some of the other comedies of 1996 like The Birdcage or Flirting With Disaster , but it's fairly good.... While this isn't too bad with The Pallbearer , it does happen on occasion, mainly because of director Matt Reeves letting the film wallow in Tom's self-pity far too often. ... Full Review

Synopsis: Director Matt Reeves (THE PALLBEARER) and producer J.J. Abrams (LOST, ALIAS) turn a mysterious monster loose in Manhattan in the disaster flick CLOVERFIELD. ... Full Article

The shake of the camera, the rush down the stairwell, the groan of the beast - it's all derivative of 20th-century movies and 21st-century fears. ... Full Article

Synopsis: Director Matt Reeves (THE PALLBEARER) and producer J. J. Abrams (LOST, ALIAS) turn a mysterious monster loose in Manhattan in the disaster flick CLOVERFIELD. ... Full Article

Do you identify with Tom Thompson?Then you too are a L-O-S-E-R.Somebody wants to think of Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer) as a sympathetic, albeit directionless, Generation X'er. ... Full Article

David (Friends) Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow star in this rather lightweight comedy about a young man asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of a college colleague he can't actually remember. ... Full Article