And the remake is directed by Neil LaBute, a white director and screenwriter best known for making misanthropic and, in the view of some critics, misogynistic indie films and plays. This time Chris Rock leads an ensemble consisting mostly of African-American actors, including Martin Lawrence, Danny Glover and Tracy Morgan. The film, which opens in theaters Friday, arrives just three years after the original was released in the United States.
AMERICAN remakes of foreign films are so commonplace these days that they hardly seem worth mentioning.īut “Death at a Funeral” is a rather unlikely redo of a British comedy of manners.
