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- The film, directed by Death At A Funeral screenwriter Dean Craig, has a promising central idea: a group of estranged cousins jockey to please their dying aunt to become the beneficiary of her will. It has all the ingredients of a farce, where increasingly desperate characters navigate an improbable, roadblock-filled situation at an energetic pace.
www.avclub.com/the-estate-movie-review-toni-collette-anna-faris-1849728396In The Estate , politically incorrect humor is alive but not well
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Nov 3, 2022 · Two down-on-their-luck sisters try whatever it takes to get into their wealthy aunt's will in Dean Craig's stale comedy 'The Estate,' starring Anna Faris, Toni Collette and Kathleen Turner.
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Nov 3, 2022 · “The Estate” was written and directed by English screenwriter Dean Craig, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2010 comedy “Death at a Funeral.” Directed by Frank Oz in a rare...
Nov 4, 2022 · Terrible as it is, The Estate does contain occasional reminders of Faris’ comic skill: How she can get laughs with reaction shots, or from material as thin as her yelling “think about...
You may hate yourself in the morning, but if you are in the mood for a completely un-PC, morbidly amusing farce about the need for greed, the new comedy The Estate may be right up your alley....
Jan 15, 2023 · The Estate is a comedy caper, which sees a warring family, most of whom hate each other, try to win the vast inheritance of their dying relative - through any means possible. It features X-Files legend David Duchovny and Scary Movie star Anna Faris, as well as Rosemary DeWitt (Rachael Getting Married) and Toni Collette (Sixth Sense).
Nov 4, 2022 · In the black, downright venal comedy “The Estate,” Toni Collette and Anna Faris play sisters on the brink of financial ruin.