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Sufidancer

Totally funny!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 20, 2023

I have watched it several times and laughed every time!

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Jim C.

Too Silly to be Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 15, 2015

We normally love British humor and comedies, but “Undertaking Betty” didn’t meet our expectations. The basic plot is convoluted enough to provide ample opportunities for hilarity (competing mortuaries in a small town, a harebrained plot to get out of a bad marriage, etc.). Instead, we were regaled with silliness and marginal acting that turned us off instead of delighting.

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Jim C.

Too Silly to be Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 15, 2015

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We normally love British humor and comedies, but “Undertaking Betty” didn’t meet our expectations. The basic plot is convoluted enough to provide ample opportunities for hilarity (competing mortuaries in a small town, a harebrained plot to get out of a bad marriage, etc.). Instead, we were regaled with silliness and marginal acting that turned us off instead of delighting.

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Dolores Batko

The end & how it turned out was cute.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2019

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Slow in the beginning

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RONAY M. DAVIS

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2016

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The DVD arrived n I played it n found it stuck in the middle of the movie.

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GPD4

Mindless

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 3, 2013

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Low budget mindless drivel, but funny in its own way. Worth just about what it cost to watch, but good for a snowy night.

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Jason

With the plot and the cast (and Walken!), it should have been better

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 10, 2008

In what could have been a hilarious movie, Undertaking Betty fails to take advantage of a great idea with tons of possibilities, a well-rounded cast, and the always superb Christopher Walken. Instead, what's left is a few great lines and scenes with Walken shoved in between yawn-inducing drama and an uninspired love story.

In the small town of Wrottin Powys, there are two morticians: Boris Plots, the conventional, boring, and traditional option; and Frank Featherbed (Walken), a man with a vision. Featherbed wants 2-for-1 deals on funerals, casket of the month specials, super discount coupons in the papers, and all sorts of specialized burials. He wants theme funerals of Star Trek and Vegas showgirls; he wants the catwalk caskets, funerals nobody will ever forget.

When the opportunity presents itself for Boris to gain the love of his life, he devises a plan. Since his love interest, Betty, is married to a counselor (although she seems more like a servant) with a penchant for philandering with his gorgeous secretary (Naomi Watts), the only way Boris knows how to win her heart is to pretend it stopped beating - he must stage her death.

The rest of the movie is nothing but sight gags loosely borrowed from Beetlejuice and Weekend At Bernies. The two rivals must come together to teach bad people lessons and to ensure those who are pure and just get their rewards in life.

As Featherbed says, "The root word of funeral is fun", it's just too bad that the poor attempt at a sappy plotline ruined what should have been nothing but fun.

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