
In the 30's, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio is brought to the house of his older brother Ray for the wake of family and friends. Ray is a cold gangster that likes to read and is married to Jean. His brother Chez is a hot head that runs a bar and is married to Clara . Ray decides to revenge the murder of his younger brother and believes the gangster Gaspare is the one who killed Johnny. Meanwhile Chez has a breakdown with tragic consequences for ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 30's, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio is brought to the house of his older brother Ray for the wake of family and friends. Ray is a cold gangster that likes to read and is married to Jean. His brother Chez is a hot head that runs a bar and is married to Clara . Ray decides to revenge the murder of his younger brother and believes the gangster Gaspare is the one who killed Johnny. Meanwhile Chez has a breakdown with tragic consequences for the Tempio brothers.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe Funeral is yet another fresh take on the gangster flick. |
| KFOR Channel 4 NewsBlake DavisA strong portrait of gangsters from Abel Ferrara, one of cinemas best provocateurs. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceWe have seen Martin Scorsese's gangster films, and Abel Ferrara, you are no Martin Scorsese. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyThough directed in different style, thematically, this period movie is a companion piece to King of New York and The Bad Lieutenant, forming an urban crime trilogy and representing Ferrara's best work. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe picture works despite the bizarre ending. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserFerrara's eerie version of crime-wracked New York City of the 1930s. |
| User ReviewJayda LThe "Black Sunday" I saw was the Mario Bava-Barbara Steele classic. It was corny in spots especially the music, but Bava's talent showed all over the place. I alos saw Abel Ferrara's "The Funeral". It's a gloomy movie but it stays with you and good old Chris Penn gets to outact a cast full of badasses like Christopher Walken and Vincent Gallo. I also saw a few episodes of the recent Outer Limits revival and the 80's version of the Twilight Zone. There is one Zone story so far, "Nightcrawlers", a William Friedkin piece about a Vietnam vet at a roadside diner, that is as scary as anything on the orignal show. The Outer Limits stuff was good too but the main thing I remember about that is Alyssa Milano's breasts.:D |
| User Reviewtp bAnother Ferrara film that I find jawdropping that it isn't considered a classic. Moody and atmospheric with amazing performances and a great look at the true evil of organized crime. Fantastic. |
| User ReviewAlexander KMost powerful acting work i've seen in years came from burly character player Chris Penn, who commands almost every scene, especially the tragic end of the great story by Nicholas St. John. |
| User ReviewRebekah LA Christopher Walken flick, a must see and a must have! |