"Last rites... and wrongs."

2007

1h 31m

6.9(1947 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Matthew Macfadyen

Daniel

Peter Dinklage

Peter

Ewen Bremner

Justin

Keeley Hawes

Jane

Andy Nyman

Howard

Daisy Donovan

Martha

Alan Tudyk

Simon

Jane Asher

Sandra

Kris Marshall

Troy

Rupert Graves

Robert

Creative team

Directed by: Frank Oz
Written by: Dean Craig
Produced by: Laurence Malkin
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