Just Buried

Just Buried (2007)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (1,013 ratings)

The young heir to a family funeral home discovers that death can be quite a tricky business in first-time feature filmmaker Chaz Thorne's blackly comic tale of fate and formaldehyde. Oliver (Jay Baruchel) has just been called home to attend the funeral of his father, Rollie (Jeremy Akerman). Having… More

PG, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
Chaz Thorne
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 9, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Jan 27, 2009
Liberation Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Andrew Barker, Variety

    Bloody and irredeemably misanthropic.

  • Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail

    Its ability to maintain such a pleasant facade in the midst of so much gruesomeness may be the creepiest thing about it.

  • Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

    Has its wonky charms, but suffers from trying too hard to be quirky.

  • Jim Ridley, L.A. Weekly

    More twee than any movie about serial murder has a right to be.

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

    Too competent as a Fargo-esque indie murder comedy to dismiss (yet too dull to fully embrace), the Canadian Just Buried yields serviceable results from material that's got rigor mortis.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Red L


    One of the better Canadian farce movies around. Certainly not a textbook plot. The characters are pretty twisted and its a funny movie.

  • Nicki M


    Kind of weak, but picks up at the end just enough to make it worth a watch... just... Main problems with this are that Rose and Jay are just not at all a convincing couple, for some reason he seems way too young for her, the story is pretty hard to swallow as well, even for a black… More

  • Lorenzo v


    <i>"A very dark comedy about sex, greed and death"</i> The young heir to a family funeral home discovers that death can be quite a tricky business in first-time feature filmmaker Chaz Thorne's blackly comic tale of fate and formaldehyde. Oliver (Jay… More

  • Jessica v


    I was disappointed to see so many critics pan this one as overly quirky or gruesome. For once, dear friends of the press, I disagree. While the first 15 or so minutes were dull, to be sure, the pacing picked up (as did the body count) after that. The casting was simply fabulous on… More

  • Nick G


    As far as dark/black comedies go, this is one of the better films to see. Yes, it's "insane" and "quirky", but that comes with the genre. I know dark comedies are a niche thing, so I don't expect high ratings from most in general. However, if… More

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