Dead Funny

I loved this film. Elizabeth Pena is wonderful and so is Andrew McCarthey.

The story is one of romance and mystery. Pena's boyfriend (McCarthey) is dead and neither she nor the audience knows why. We follow a recounting of their relationship told in flashbacks. Pena tries to figure out what happened a while trying to keep a grip on herself. Almost a comedy of errors. Things are not always what they seem, especially in love.

This is a well-written indie that has been sadly overlooked. The closing credits are underscored by a wonderful rumba-flavored song by "Little Queenie" that makes you shake it up while raising goose-flesh.

This movie was okay if you like a kind of movie that every scene is about sex and fighting. It has a nice storyline they just could lived without some of that stuff. Andrew McCarthy is very scary looking in this movie, if you want to get scared over some guy popping out of nowhere, well this wouldn't be the first movie I would recommend, but maybe the second.

Dead Funny made me cry and cry - their love was so real, unlike the materialism that plagues most relationships. I have been trying for years now to find it on video in Australia - it seems to have been released only in NTSC format... such a pity... definately one of my favourite movies!

This was a surprise. Sharp written, some black humour, pretty good thriller alltogether, kinda thing you just have to look all the way end. Actress Elizabeth Peña is really good, she steal every scene she's in. So is McCarthy, great chemistry between them. Well, basicly this is one of those "We had a party last night, now we got a dead body, who killed him, should we call police?" -kind of a thing. I saw it from TV and it was presented widescreen, which was nice.

I am sure there are many people out there that would like this movie, but I just could not stand watching it through to the end; in every second shot the microphone would be visible in the top of the screen and once you notice, you will keep on seeing it, taking your mind completely off the story.

I'm sure these people intended to make a great movie, but just didn't want to spend too much money on hiring a good film crew.

Bummer.