Eulogy

United States, United Kingdom, Germany

2004

91 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
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EXEC Shelly Glasser, Bo Hyde, Stefan Jonas, Gerd Koechlin, Jonas McCord, Kendall Morgan, Rory Rosegarten

PROD Daniel Baur, Kirk D'Amico, Lucas Foster, Steven Haft, Richard Barton Lewis, Andreas Thiemeyer, Jeanne Van Cott

CAST Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford, Zooey Deschanel, Glenne Headly, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Kelly Preston, Ray Romano, Rip Torn, Debra Winger, Brian Posehn, Paget Brewster, Curtis Garcia, Keith Garcia, Michael Panes

ED Richard Halsey, Ryan Kushner

Writer/director Michael Clancy makes his feature film debut with the black comedy Eulogy. Zooey Deschanel plays Kate Collins, an unhappy college student who is made even more unhappy when her grandfather (Rip Torn) dies. Even though the entire family hates each other, they reunite at the home of Grandma Collins (Piper Laurie). Among other family members, Kate observes a war between her washed-up actor dad, Daniel (Hank Azaria); her lesbian Aunt Lucy (Kelly Preston); her wound-up Uncle Skip (Ray Romano); and her strict Aunt Alice (Debra Winger). Tensions escalate and family secrets are ultimately revealed. Kate is also inundated with the eulogy-writing duties, as she’s the only one capable of such a task. Meanwhile, she reunites with old flame Ryan Carmichael (Jesse Bradford). Eulogy premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.