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Movie Description
A directionless college graduate finds his life in turmoil after he agrees to be a pallbearer for a high school classmate he can't remember. To make things worse, he gets chosen to give the eulogy, the mother of the deceased keeps putting the moves on him, and he's bumblingly trying to impress his old high school would-be flame. A black comedy from first-time director Reeves.
Synopsis
Affable twenty-something Tom Thompson has just been asked to deliver a eulogy for a dead classmate. But there's one problem: Tom has no recollection of who this person is! Furthermore, at the funeral, Tom runs into Julie DeMarco, the girl he had a killer crush on high school. He falls in love with her all over again, and begins to woo her. Meanwhile, Tom is seduced himself by Mrs. Abernathy -- the sexy mother of the dead man. How long can Tom successfully juggle both women? And what will happen when an extremely scornful Mrs. Abernathy discovers that Tom has been unfaithful?
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Pan & Scan - 1.33:1
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Released theatrically in the USA May 3, 1996.
An Abrams/Katims/Webster Production.
Shown at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Color by CFI; prints by DeLuxe.
Additional credit: Kate Yatsko (set decoration).
Additional cast: Edoardo Ballerini (Job Interviewer).
Songs include "Harvest Moon," performed by Neil Young.
Industry Reviews
"...THE PALLBEARER is the most ambitious movie made by an TV star of late....[Hershey gives a] funny and fierce performance..."
Rolling Stone - p.62 - Peter Travers (05/02/1996)
"...A sweetly funny and affecting movie....[Schwimmer] looks like a real actor." -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly - p.78 - Owen Gleiberman (05/24/1996)
"...Appealing performances....Paltrow is radiant and splendid....Reeves' direction is very smooth and assured..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (04/22/1996)
"...[The film] has its own originality and tone...and the central role is ideal for Schwimmer's hangdog charm..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (05/03/1996)
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