Writers: Skip Hollandsworth, Richard Linklater
Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
In small-town Texas, a very well liked local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow and things go bad subsequently.
The film is based on a true story and it is a black comedy dealing with death. Story is narrated through interviews with the townsfolk and many of them are the real people from that town. It gives the film a very real feel and it is wonderful to hear their Texas accent. Matthew McConaughey comes up with a storming performance and he has been in some real good films recently. Richard Linklater is among the best directors that are active now and his filmography speaks is top quality with great variety and quality. Its another film in which he has put Jack Black to good use.
All things said the film is a bit one-sided which is expected when it is based on real story and the crew is interacting with the protagonist. The film would have been interesting even is it is not based on a true story with the theme being the way in which public sympathy operates and how it can turn a blind eye sometimes so easily.
All things said the film is a bit one-sided which is expected when it is based on real story and the crew is interacting with the protagonist. The film would have been interesting even is it is not based on a true story with the theme being the way in which public sympathy operates and how it can turn a blind eye sometimes so easily.
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