EULOGY (2004)

Cast

Plot

When the patriarch of the Collins family buys the farm this classically dysfunctional family are brought together to celebrate his life...and death. His favourite grand-daughter Kate is asked to write the eulogy. Zooey Deschanel tackles the role with aplomb as she meanders around the family which includes her father, a former child star famous for a peanut butter ad (Azaria) and her control freak aunt (Winger) and nearly mute husband. In this stellar ensemble cast great credit must go to Ray Romano's pervy uncle (with equally pervy sons) whose favourite targets are his sister (Preston) and her fiesty female partner played by Famke Janssen. Keep an eye out for Glenne Headly's dark horse of a nurse. Sibling rivalry, politics and an apparently genetic dark sense of humour all colour this bizarre and witty family portrait. You'll be laughing when you shouldn't be, crying when you don't want to and thanking your lucky stars that you're not a Collins.