M MALIK this film is junk i love comedy films with dead pan humor & tongue & cheek,satire etc but this film tried way hard to throw comedy in viewers face it just never worked,the cast was horrible & had no chemistry i remember Zooye Deschanel & Famke Jansen these 2 women are only best part about this trashy flick that's it & those stupid perverted kids were so annoying.who wrote the dialogues specially the basement scene it was so lame & cringe full,the whole film drags on boring & desperate sad moments trying hard to gain audiences sympathy & keep on failing,the director inserts some slapstick moments but it never makes you laugh.death at a funeral 2007 & its American remake in 2010 are better then this any-day .same concept the father dies & family fights at the funeral but its done better in death at a funeral.this film is called Eulogy well the makers should give one to the audience for releasing this garbage because i expect one i actually bought the disc & wasted my time & money on this ,beware people do not fall for the cool poster & all those paid positive reviews this film sucks,i saw this few years back & boy it was horrible as a Asian i enjoy western comedies a lot but this one was not my cup of tea.sorry my rating is 3/10.skipp early 2000s had great films in comedy but for 2004 this was the worst.

SnoopyStyle Kate Collins (Zooey Deschanel) receives news of her grandfather's death from her grandmother Charlotte Collins (Piper Laurie). The various members of the family gather for the funeral in Rhode Island. Her father Daniel Collins (Hank Azaria) was a child star reduced to porn acting. Her uncle Skip (Ray Romano) and Lily (Paget Brewster) have rambunctious twin boys. Her aunt Lucy (Kelly Preston) is a lesbian with girlfriend Judy Arnolds (Famke Janssen). Her angry aunt Alice (Debra Winger) dominates her submissive husband with their three silent kids. Charlotte asks Kate to deliver an eulogy at the funeral. Kate tries to avoid childhood love Ryan Carmichael (Jesse Bradford). After Charlotte's suicide attempt, they meet Alice's old friend nurse Samantha (Glenne Headly).This is written and directed by newcomer Michael Clancy. I love many of the great actors in the cast. Zooey Deschanel is super adorable. The homophobic Alice is probably the most hateful. It's a lot of quirky darkness but it's not always that funny. It rambles a bit but I still love the actors.

grantss Well-intentioned but badly planned and executed. Script is poor - clumsy and unfocused - and direction is even worse. Writer-director Michael Clancy should have stuck to making this a drama. Instead, he treads the line between comedy and drama, and it fails as both. As a drama it lacks emotional and character depth. As a comedy it's not that funny - most attempts at humour ending up silly rather than funny. Furthermore, the comedy detracts from the drama.All-star cast - Hank Azaria, Zooey Deschanel, Famke Janssen, Rip Torn, Ray Romano, Piper Laurie, Debra Winger - yet even they cannot lift this movie beyond the mundane and inane. Casting Hank Azaria and Zooey Deschanel as father and daughter was odd, as he hardly looks old enough, and isn't old enough, to be her father.Yet despite all this, these aren't the absolute worst thing about the movie. The worst thing about the movie was the twins. Probably the most irritating kids ever to appear in a motion picture (no mean feat, as there have been heaps of irritating kids in films). No wonder Michael Clancy has never written nor directed another movie.

Jazzie-too This is a rather quirky comedy of a movie. The title should give some clue. I usually enjoy Zooey Deschanel, and again, she was "on"! For me, she's the glue in this zany story. As the title infers, someone is deceased and here ensures a story, building towards arriving at the eulogy of that life lived. And that is where familiarity might end. Zooey's character drives the story forward. The cast of characters, many of known success, all blend into the craziness of "Eulogy". For me, the only one that annoyingly stands out, always in front of his shadow, is Ray Romano. Probably because I find him annoying, in person or in character. He's always the same and leaves me wondering, "is he really that person". I hope not, because it is so annoying. And why does he get top billing! Aside from that, this movie is a "kick in the pants" and when in the mood for some chaotic humor, it's worth a view.