The movie follows the original's plot to the letter, which is a pretty funny (albeit very darkly funny) plot on its own: a quirky family gathers for a funeral, when Peter Dinklage (who plays the same character in both films because he's awesome) shows up with sexy photos of himself with the deceased (a married man), demanding blackmail money from the dead man's sons (Rock and Lawrence). One thing leads to another, and Dinklage accidentally ends up hilariously dead, only to come hilariously back to life later in the film.

There are other things that fill out the comedy, such as an accidentally drugged and hallucinating boyfriend (James Marsden, who, I shit you not, is so funny he rivals original actor Alan Tudyk) of Chris Rock's cousin (Zoe Saldana), a crotchety old uncle (Danny Glover), a slightly slow family friend (Tracy Morgan), the pharmacologist who accidentally drugged Marsden (Columbus Short), and the antsy pastor conducting the service (Keith David). It's an incredibly likable cast doing increasingly absurd things, and the ensemble is what makes it work. Nobody has to work too hard, because everybody's funny. You don't overdose on Tracy Morgan's shtick, you don't want to tell Martin Lawrence to shut the hell up, you don't recoil in horror at Chris Rock's acting skills, etc., because there's not too much of anybody. Nobody has to overcompensate and carry the film, which allows each comedian to just do a little bit of whatever his strength is, and it's perfectly balanced. I mean, I laughed out loud at a poop joke (that I did not laugh at in the original) for the first time in a decade, that's how transcendent this movie is.

It's making me rethink my whole life! What other movies did I assume were terrible that I should have seen? The Last Song? Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Wild Hogs? That was an ensemble, too, and Martin Lawrence was in it! I'm freaking out!

So see Death at a Funeral, but be advised that it might make you have an existential crisis about crappy movies.

Let us know what you thought of the film below, and then check out our list of Chris Rock's Worst Movies!

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