Naked Hobo

When three generations of a dysfunctional family gather in Rhode Island to bury the family patriarch, members of the Collins clan are at each other’s throats in no time. Son Daniel is a secret porn actor, and daughter Lucy is a lesbian. Lucy totes along her lover Judy to the outrage of Lucy’s aggressively neurotic sister Alice, whose hysterical overreaction to the pair’s marriage plans ought to tell everyone something. Rounding out the delightful crowd are dim brother Skip, whose unfailingly rude twin sons offer caustic commentary on their elders’ infantile predilections; matriarchal widow Charlotte, who becomes so justifiably distraught at the insanity of her children she tries to commit suicide; and Kate, a confused but comely college freshman who juggles preparation of the eulogy with internal debate over what to do with her childhood friend-turned-suitor.  Courtesy IMDB.

This was a fun movie.  The cast is great, Hank Azaria, Rip Torn, Zoey Deschanel, Ray Romano, Famke Jensen.  Now, some of you may be saying, great cast with ray Romano?  Yes, normally I don’t like him all that much, but he was perfect the role he played.  Everyone was cast wonderfully.  The dialogue is funny and crisp.  You get a real good glimpse of a dysfunctional family without it being one stupid joke after another.  It actually seems like a real family.

Bits can be a somewhat morbid, but if you have a dark sense of humor, I think you will really enjoy this movie.  I think it is easy to make some kind of connection with at least one of the people.  I identified with a few of them.  If you want to see a good black comedy, check this one out, 3 3/3 axes.