Rent The Funeral (1996)
3.3 of 5 from 74 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- 22 year-old Mafioso Johnny Tempio lies dead in an open coffin, his grief-stricken family gather to pay their last respects. His brothers, Ray (Christopher Walken) and Chez (Chris Penn) want revenge. Their prime suspect is Gaspar Spoglia (Benicio del Toro) head of a rival crime family, whose wife was having an affair with Johnny. The surviving brothers' wives Jean (Annabella Sciorra) and Clara (Isabella Rossellini) want to avoid the inevitable bloodshed, but nothing can stop the insistent Ray and the volatile Chez from putting Johnny's killer in the ground.
- Actors:
- Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro, Gretchen Mol, John Ventimiglia, Paul Hipp, Victor Argo, Gian DiDonna, Dmitri Prachenko, Paul Perri, Gregory Perrelli, Joey Hannon, Robert Miano, Frank John Hughes, Andrew Fiscella, Anthony Alessandro, Robert W. Castle
- Directors:
- Abel Ferrara
- Producers:
- Mary Kane
- Writers:
- Nicholas St. John
- Studio:
- Pathe
- Genres:
- Drama
- Awards:
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Reviews (1) of The Funeral
OK Gangster Film - The Funeral review by GI
Like much of director Abel Ferrara's work this is a cold, unfeeling film that drags somewhat and it's quite a bleak viewing experience. A mafia gangster film set in the 1930s where three criminal brothers have a mini empire. When the youngest Johnny (Vincent Gallo) is killed the elder two Ray (Christopher Walken) and Chez (Chris Penn) vow to find the killer and have their revenge. Their chief suspect is Gaspare (Benicio Del Toro), a smooth, nasty gangster who is a part rival of the brothers and they know Johnny was sleeping with Gaspare's wife and assumes he knows this too. Their plans and plots bring about family recriminations that will affect them all. Penn plays his usual unpleasant, bullying character with zero redeeming features and it's hard to pin down where Walken's character fits. The support cast is impressive and includes Isabella Rossellini and Annabella Sciorra. Bloody and violent this is probably a gangster film that has slipped your net so it's worth checking out.
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