My hubby and I watch Death At A Funeral last night. This is a British comedy in the classic sense - lots of slap stick and 'freaking out' sort of humor. Someone says the word sh*t every other sentence - no kidding. It started off a bit slow, but once drugs were introduced into the plotline, things picked up considerably.

Most of the cast is British and likely unrecognizable to the average American audience with the exception of Matthew Macfadyen who played opposite Keira Knightly in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. Fans of BBC America's MI-5 will also likely recognize Keeley Hawes.

As an aside, some British as being fairly aggressive about claiming this movie as a 'proper Britsh comedy' and really do not want Americans commenting on it all that much. Not sure what is up with that, but I was surprised by that attitude when I went to the IMDb site to look for the spelling of a couple of names. I guess that is testiment to how well the 'British farce' that is the essence of this movie was done. Hate to break it to the Brits who are being so stingy, but Frank Oz, the director, is an....American.

All is all, I can recommend this movie - which is a story of a family trying to be what they are not and pull off being sophisticated and well put together at the funeral of their father who they dearly loved. Turns out, they are just like all the rest of us - flawed and just trying to make it through the day - and, they are funny!