Setting the scene at a funeral is very difficult in itself. To make a joke on a sacred and serious occasion, it can't be too much, and it can't be too rigid.
Father's funeral , Everyone has their own thoughts. The wife asked Daniel over and over how the house was bought, and she couldn't wait to move out and live independently, which was her hope. The novelist brother flew in from New York and was still at his father's funeral. Don't forget to strike up a conversation with the beautiful girl. The younger brother and the older brother had a dispute over the cost of his father's funeral.
The chaos began with the cousin's fiance Simon taking LSD by mistake, and the funeral was interrupted. Then the dwarf revealed to Daniel his affair with his father, hoping to take the opportunity to blackmail One. During the argument, the elder brother tied the dwarf five flowers, and then Howard, a friend of the cousin's suitor, broke in and gave the dwarf the psychedelic bottle of the cousin and younger brother that he had just found in the flowers as a tranquilizer. I ate five slices. Uncle Effie broke in again, and Howard was busy taking care of his uncle. The hallucinogen started to work, and the dwarf jumped on the sofa excitedly, accidentally bumped into the corner of the table, and passed out. Daniel and his brother were
shocked, and they discussed how to deal with the corpse. In the end, they had no choice but to agree to his cousin's proposal to put the corpse in his father's coffin.
At this time, Simon took off his clothes and climbed to the roof, shouting that he was going to jump off the building. Hua chased after him, carefully persuading him. While everyone was attracted by the drama in the garden, the older brother and younger brother were busy in the house, putting the dwarf into the coffin hastily. The posture was very indecent and also Don't worry about it anymore.
Finally it's over and the funeral can start again. Daniel starts to read his off-topic eulogy again, "My father is an exceptional man", and the coffin begins to pound. The sound was particularly difficult to deal with at this time. He looked at his brother, and everyone didn't know what happened, so he had to bite the bullet and continue reading. The percussion continued, and there was also a moan. In everyone's astonishment , The coffin was lifted, a devil-like head appeared, and the dwarf struggled out.
Daniel's unexpected shouting stunned everyone, and his emotional and sincere speech also infected everyone. The funeral finally continued.
It's all over, Daniel's wife casually mentions that Uncle Effie was also put to rest by her after taking the two tranquilizers she gave her. The film ends with Uncle Effie sitting naked on the roof in the dark , shouting "everthing is fucking so green". It makes people laugh out loud.
As Daniel said at the end, this world is a mess. So his wish to send his father away quietly and solemnly seems so far away. .There
are more simple jokes. Everyone is full of personality. Howard cares about the faded skin on his arm and talks to everyone. Later he finds the dwarf passed out and goes to the crowd in the room to find Daniel and his brother's At that time, the dead smile on his face made people faint from laughter. When the elder brother and younger brother were dealing with the dwarf's body, the priest accidentally broke in. Howard had to do everything possible to stop him. In a hurry, he said, "God, the old man is okay recently. In short. The British humor is so peculiar that you admire their whimsy and calmness.
The British are known as the most civilized gentlemen, but they are also unambiguous when it comes to absurdity. They are very open and dare to laugh at anything. They dare to show anything ugly, or they express their understanding of civilization and human beings in this way. Civilization is not just a variety of etiquette, it cannot become a kind of shackles, people should first maintain spiritual freedom, hypocrisy and pretentiousness only They can end up being ridiculed and ridiculed.
They can show all kinds of absurdities without mercy, and at the same time, they are so calm. So there are indifferent British people. The
plot is cleverly set, the performance of the actors It is also very vivid and colorful.
The film is more inclined to absurdity, exaggeration, outrageous performance of characters, and unexpected speech and behavior, which are all parts that cause laughter.
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