ShadyKay

This was just on HBO. After watching for a few minutes, I checked to see if I was really watching HBO rather than Hallmark. Sure enough, 'Dim Sum Funeral' was written by the King of the Hallmark Movies. What could have been a look into Chinese culture turned into yet another pile of schlock. Blech.

I was a fan of the television show, but from what I'd heard, this was going to be played for camp, and I was alright with that. However: almost all of the campy parts were seen in the trailer. This movie was a complete waste of my time and money. I can't imagine that Johnny Depp or Michelle Pfeiffer are proud of their work in this movie. It bounced from horror to comedy (or rather, attempted comedy) to martial arts to sheer stupidity. The story line was strained; I didn't care about any of the characters; and the love scene was ridiculous. After about 15 minutes, I was already looking at my watch, as was the person I was with. If I had been watching this on Netflix, I would have stopped after no more that 15 minutes. Other movies on my worst list: The English Patient;Ready to Wear; Dumb and Dumber. Blech. SAVE YOURSELF!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS AWFUL, AWFUL MOVIE.

Mary Badham's name in To Kill A Mockingbird was Scout, and her brother's name was Jem. Her name here is Sport, and her brother is Jeb. Just thought that was rather odd, and wonder if Earl Hamner did that as a paean to Harper Lee.

I was very distracted by the overdubbing - as others have mentioned, so clearly June Foray. I kept expecting Rocket J. Squirrel to show up. Clearly Mary Badham knew how to project - she certainly did so in TKAM and This Property Is Condemned. I can't imagine why the dubbing was used.

I thought this was a fitting end to the series - an escape from a bad situation via a magic portal.