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Which version of Death At A Funeral is better?

Asked by filmfann (52225points) February 12th, 2011

This film, working from the same script, has been done twice: Once in 2007 (the british version), and once in 2010 (the American).
One has a stuffy, upper-class British family, the other a Southern Californian black family.
The critics are split on which version is better. I haven’t seen either, but just saw a couple minutes of the most recent one, and I thought what I saw was very funny.
Have you seen both? Which did you prefer?

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janbb's avatar

I saw both; thought the British was better but not great and the Chris Rock pretty lousy.

Ladymia69's avatar

Are you kidding? The British version!

Michael_Huntington's avatar

British version. I haven’t seen the American version, but it seems uninteresting to me.

cockswain's avatar

Unquestionably the British version. God that was a funny movie. A dwarf on LSD, a guy that gets old man poop on his hands, what more do you want?

Bellatrix's avatar

British version.

MissAnthrope's avatar

The British version is hysterical. One of my all-time favorite movies, actually. It starts out and then keeps snowballing as more and more awful, hilarious, ridiculous things happen. I highly recommend it.

I’ve heard terrible things about the American version, but I admit I’m curious. It’s in my Netflix queue.

Blueroses's avatar

I saw both and the Chris Rock version isn’t a total pile of shit but it’s definitely inferior to the original.

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

I’ve seen both and I was happily surprised at the American version. It is a little off putting to me that the plot is exactly the same. I prefer the first one, I guess would be my answer to your question. It wouldn’t be a total loss to see the second one.

Deja_vu's avatar

The british one.

Kardamom's avatar

The British version was hilarious!

flutherother's avatar

I haven’t seen the British version and don’t plan to as I have seen the American version which is dire.

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