The Undertaker's Wedding

Its a really funny movie. I laugh almost the hole time. Adrien is really funny in it. The movie is really worth watching it. So if you get the chance to see it, do it. This movie is one of Adrien's earliest. But if your a fan of him its a must seeing it! His character in this movie is a really overact goofy, unlucky fellow. Really funny. And he is as always really good in that kind of role. That's what i like about Adrien, he always picks out this really good an hard to act characters. And he's even playing in a low budged movie and is not ashame of it. Thats what i like. So i have nothing more to say, see it for yourself. I now I'm repeating myself, but it's really worth to watch!

There are some interesting (original?) ideas in the plot, but I found the acting and the general effect just so-so. The movie did not really make me laugh. Also, French readers please note that the dubbing is poor.

This okay comedy is more watchable than funny, and although the cast does a solid job and kept me interested, the movie just didn't deliver enough laughs. It's a pleasant way to kill some time, but it's by no means anything memorable or special. On a side note, it was weird to see a Kari Wuhrer film where she actually keeps her clothes on, but I highly doubt that this fact will attract more people to this movie. Bottom line: This film is decent, but nothing more.

Tremendous surprise! Amazingly good! An extremely clever script launches "The Undertaker's Wedding" into the upper reaches of "black comedy land". Definitely in the same class as "Eating Raoul", which also has a wonderful script. Adrien Brody is perfect as the meek undertaker to the mob, caught in the middle of a mob war. His efforts to remain neutral are hilarious, and business has never been better. The stunningly beautiful Kari Wuhuer is well cast as a mob wife. Jeff Wincott and Burt Young add to the fun. This is a must see movie for anyone who admires darkly comic films. Without question "The Undertaker's Wedding" is worthy of "cult status" - MERK

Mario Bellini (Adrien Brody) is an undertaker to the mob. If the dead bodies come in riddled with bullet holes, Mario still makes them look good. Having inherited the business from his folks, it is all he knows. But, the job causes problems with Mario's love life. He aspires to get married but when he brings the lady in question back to the funeral home, she sees a corpse and runs away quickly. Poor Mario. As it happens, a turf war breaks out between two factions of the mob, with several gangsters ending up in caskets. One mob member, however, fakes his death and hides out at the Bellini funeral home. When his gorgeous wife, Maria (Kari Wuhrer) comes to the funeral, Mario likes what he sees. Oh, what a tangled web indeed. Will Mario get what he desires most, a wife? This is a mildly amusing movie, with some originality. Most of the violence is of the cartoonish nature and there are some funny moments, indeed. Watch a rolling, runaway casket careen down the main drag and you will be smiling. Also, there is a moment when a jealous wife catches her husband in a tryst and he shouts out that the other woman was "only teaching him to floss"! Brody is really quite nice as the funeral home operator, not withstanding his awful haircut. The rest of the cast, including Burt Young, is also good. The costumes, sets, and production values are adequate, indicating the film was probably made on a strict budget. Nevertheless, if you like such films as Married to the Mob, you might try this one for an evening. Although it is not destined to be an indie classic, it has its moments of fun, definitely.