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Wikipedia article




'Dead Funny' is a 1994 independent drama film directed by John Feldman. It stars Elizabeth Pea as Vivian Saunders, a woman who comes home from work and finds her boyfriend Reggie Barker (Andrew McCarthy) pinned to her kitchen table with a long knife.

Plot



Vivian Saunders (Elizabeth Pea) comes home one day to an unusual surprise: her boyfriend Reggie Barker (Andrew McCarthy) is lying on the kitchen table with a large sword sticking out of his body. At first Vivian thinks this must be some sort of joke, but she discovers that Reggie is indeed dead, and as she calls her best friend Louise (Paige Turco) to figure out what might have happened and what to do, it occurs to her that she blacked out after too much wine the night before and isn't sure what she did before she passed out. After a few phone calls, Vivian's women's support group arrives, and what to do about Reggie soon takes second place to what Vivian should do for herself.

Cast



*Elizabeth Pea as Vivian Saunders

*Andrew McCarthy as Reggie Barker

*Paige Turco as Louise

*Blanche Baker as Barbara

*Allison Janney as Jennifer

*Adelle Lutz as Mari

*Novella Nelson as Frances

*Lisa Jane Persky as Sarah

*Michael Mantell as Harold

*Ken Kensei as Yoshi

*Bai Ling as Norriko

Release



This film has only been released on VHS and LaserDisc format.

Reception



David Nusair of DVD Talk negatively reviewed the film, saying "By the time we find out what really happened to McCarthy's character, it's impossible to care."[http://www.reelfilm.com/mini17.htm#dead Mini Reviews (May 2002)] DVD Talk 'Time Out' also negatively reviewed the film, writing "How did it happen? Who did it? Who cares? Probably not Feldman who seems more interested in shooting his actresses' naked thighs."[http://www.timeout.com/london/film/dead-funny Dead Funny] Time Out 'The New York Times' stated that 'Dead Funny' "tries so hard to be ingeniously tricky and ambiguous that it ends up outsmarting itself".[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE0DC1539F936A1575BC0A963958260 MOVIE REVIEW Dead Funny (1995)] New York Times

'Variety' positively reviewed the film, praising Pea's performance.[https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/dead-funny-1200441551/ Variety Reviews: Dead Funny] Variety

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