Undertaking Betty

2002

Comedy / Romance

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 5606 5.6K

small town competition coffin politician run away falling in love

Director

Nick Hurran Photo
Nick Hurran

Top cast

Christopher Walken Photo
Christopher Walken as Frank Featherbed
Robert Pugh Photo
Robert Pugh as Hugh Rhys-Jones
Alfred Molina Photo
Alfred Molina as Boris Plots
Naomi Watts Photo
Naomi Watts as Meredith Mainwaring
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887.41 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1
1.61 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Melimea 7 / 10

Who knew funerals could be so much fun?

Only the Brits could make a film like this and have it be so tastefully charming! Betty (Brenda Blethyn) wants something more out of life, but she doesn't know what, when she realizes she is in love with her childhood friend, Boris (Alfred Molina), who owns the local funeral parlor. Meanwhile, an American mortician (Christopher Walken) who "wants to put the 'fun' back in funerals" moves into this small Welsh community with his assistant (Lee Evans) and wants to give Boris a run for his money with flashy, themed funerals. (Star Trek funeral, anyone?) Brenda and Boris decide to stage Brenda's death and funeral, with hilarious results. A very enjoyable film - if you're a fan of British comedies such as "Waking Ned Devine", you'll love this.
Reviewed by Dockelektro 8 / 10

:)

Hilarious from start to finish, there's got to be great courage to handle the theme of death with a smile, specially when two funeral parlors are battling for control of the market: a classic parlor and a revolutionary one where every funeral is a show, lead by Christopher Walken, a treat in the role of the visionary american mortitian. But the rest of the cast is great also, and this one is another success that only UK is capable of making. Surprising among the ensemble cast is Naomi Watts, that strikes in another metamorphosis (accent included). Always sporting a smile on its face, it seems like a paradox that there could be so much comedy to be taken from a movie that could be called "Four Funerals and One Wedding", but you'll understand when you see it.
Reviewed by Jose E 7 / 10

Excellent black humour

Once again seeing this kind of movies turns me more and more into English humor, not too often seen on screen since the days of Monty Python and Man About The House. Too bad.Brenda Blethyn (Who I first saw in Saving Grace early in the year, another must see by the way.) just excels, as Alfred Molina does. The rest of the cast, while virtually unknown to me, turns on great performances too. The film starts slowly and gradually gains in pace and amusement - midway I had tears in my eyes from laughing.All in all, a funny English movie, a thousand times better than the supposedly 'funny' garbage that comes from Hollywood.
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