Death At A Funeral

Comedies don't normally come with the title Death At A Funeral but despite the odd name it's a comedy classic.
You certainly don't expect to be in hysterics when the opening scene is the delivery of a coffin, the wrong one no less, to the house of the grieving widow. It does take a little while to hit its straps but when Simon (played brilliantly by Alan Tudyk from Firefly) is accidentally given an hallucinogen instead of valium the movie really takes off. Simon isn't a member of the family but is dating the deceased's niece and is savagely disliked by her father.
There's so much to go into but it's Simon's increasingly weird behaviour, which culminated with me (and others in the audience) applauding one scene near the end, that sets the scene for some of the biggest laughs I've had in a cinema this year. The film isn't as deliberately lowbrow as something like Good Luck Chuck or Blades Of Glory but as it is set in England and stars a mainly British cast it has a bit more class than your average Hollywood comedy.
And it shows.
I won't give anything away here. This is a riot, one of the funniest films I've seen in years and done with a bit of class. An 8.5 out of 10. Don't miss it, but be warned one or two scenes are a bit off.