So now that Chris Rock has finally enjoyed some film success with the documentary Good Hair, he is now in the 'remake' business.  Rock is the producer and star of a new film, Death at a Funeral, which is a remake of the 2007 British comedy by Frank Oz.   

Tagline:  This is one sad family.

Synopsis:  When a dysfunctional clan reuintes to mourn the passing of the family patriarch, a respectful funeral quickly turns into an all-out fiasco marked by bitter resentment, blackmail attempts, and scandalous revelations.

Even though I didn’t catch this movie right out of the gate,  I just had to go see it because of all the controversy surrounding this  documentary.  So I persuaded my friend to  come with me to check out the film despite the fact she’s not the biggest Chris Rock fan.

If you need a little background on the film, you can refer  to my earlier post.  I’m going to go  right in to my review.

I will start off with  what immediately happened following the film.   I noticed a couple sitting behind us who were leaving the theater.  And me being me, I’m always interested in  other people’s thoughts and opinions.  So  I decided to ask them what they thought of the film.   The guy stated that he thought it was well  “balanced”.  Hmmm….well balanced I  thought.  Now I didn’t ask him to  elaborate but based on what I thought he meant I would have to agree.  The movie provided the audience with a great mixture of the forces behind a woman’s hair in the black community. 

Good Hair is a movie that explores the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community. The idea for the movie came about when Chris Rock's daughter asked him "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?"  Chris Rock visits beauty salons and barbershops as well as has candid interviews with celebrities such as Ice-T, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Dr. Maya Angelou, Salt n Pepa, Eve and Reverend Al Sharpton.  It has opened to varying reviews which I would expect of any movie covering this topic.  However it did receive an award at the Sundance Film Festival.   

It opened on October 9, 2009.  I had heard about this movie and didn't realize it was coming out so soon until I saw Chris Rock and Nia Long on 106 and Park last week.  I'm a huge Chris Rock fan so I'm sure the movie will make me laugh.  I might not catch this in the movie theatres but look out for my review when it comes to DVD.