Death at a Funeral (2010) | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

It remains a mystery to me how a street-smart, wise-cracking comic of Chris Rock's pedigree failed to see the laughter limitations of this remake of Frank Oz's British film, which was equally uninspiring.

While it isn't a shot-for-shot replica, certainly no one can accuse Hollywood of dumbing things down here.

What we end up with here is the most pointless remake since Gus Van Sant made his shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho" back in 1998.

A funny film, but it's not one that I found myself growing passionate about as I watched.

If the film is so close to the original as to also be pretty much disposable once its over, at least it as well serves up a healthy amount of laughs during its very brief and brisk run time.