Dead Fred

A very easy watch. A black comedy about 4 older gals and their problems with their friend's dead husband.

Some great humour and good acting.

I saw this film first at a film festival in the UK and had to watch it again.

A film with 4 elderly female leads - and to take a serious subject such as alzheimer's disease and make a black comedy is no mean feat.

This is not a fim with jokes. The humour comes from character and the acting process oozes from these great actresses bones. It did hark back to old Ealing comedies and checking out the film's website I see that this was the intention - so well done to all those involved.

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. If it comes to the cinema I will watch it again.

This is not a good film. It has bad film acting, weird timing, strange deliveries and the like - when looked at as a film. However, the "film" actually works really quite well as a play. The actresses deliver the dialogue like a play and that's what the format is. From this stance, the delivery and character chemistry is way more notable and charming and you can feel what the director was trying to do. The heart and comedy of the piece does come from interaction between the charismatic cast as opposed to actual jokes and with such heavy content you have to admire the feat to be able to create that. The score while impressive, kind of has no place when used and overbears on otherwise poignant scenes more than anything, with audio overall being unbalanced. Dead Fred is a mature dark comedy that is raw, interesting, and really unlike anything else I've ever watched but it will absolutely take a certain kind of person to enjoy.

The two reviews slating this production are way of the mark. If your the type of viewer who likes Map and Lucia, Midsomer Murders or Miss Marple you will find plenty to enjoy here.

One of the doom laden reviewers gets one thing correct, this is a play not a film. Watched with that in mind the performances and delivery make perfect sense. Sure it's gentle and more than a little cheesy but it's done fondly. Like an ode de homage to the classic mystery farces of yesteryear. Capable performances from all but the standout turn here is Sandra Dickinson. Delivering some of the best laugh out loud lines in the film with top acting chops.

Seriously all three of the June 2019 reviews are written by newly created single use accounts and which use dsame diction and wording. Imdb pro shows me that the 16 "ten star" ratings so far were all done by IMDB accounts created in June 2019 and with no other activity either. The maker sof this film spent more time shilling and manipulating IMDB than they spent writing the screenplay! The jokes in this are cringeworthy, the acting abysmal.