Summaries

In this ensemble black comedy, family secrets are revealed at a memorial wake for an adulterous patriarch, when an uninvited guest shows up to blackmail his daughter.

When adulterous millionaire Peter Jameson suddenly dies of a heart attack, his daughter, a former movie star, plans a memorial wake in his honor. This attracts its share of uninvited guests, resulting in an explosion of sinister family secrets, which begin to reveal what kind of person Peter really was. One revelation after another begin to destroy the picture-perfect image Alisa held of Peter.—Anonymous

Satire of Hollywood melodramas and television soap operas, revolving around the eccentric characters who gather for an Irish wake in Hollywood. Unfortunately, everyone is too caught up in their own problems to even care about the dead. Alisa Fox, the daughter, learns more about her dead father than she wanted to know; her divorced alcoholic mother Judith Phillips is dating a man less than half her age who may or may not be gay; and her daughter Julia is pregnant, but unsure who the father is. Meanwhile, Alisa's best friend Mandy Rosen, a best-selling romance novelist, can't seem to find her own romance, and once again falls for the wrong guy in screenwriter Craig Filmore; Alisa's ex-husband Danny realizes he still has feelings for her; the bulimic widow Krystal, has a few secrets she wants to get off her chest; an ex-lover of the deceased, Bunny Monroe, comes to blackmail Alisa; while Julia's boyfriend Billy can't overcome his cocaine problem, putting a damper on their already-complicated relationship. In the midst of it all are the two sarcastic maids, Constance and Marie, who observe everyone quietly... It's a tale of backstabbing, blackmail, lies, love, and missing pastries.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • blackmail
  • love
  • secret
  • millionaire
  • gay
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Dec 8, 2007
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Erthbound Entertainment Ertbound Entertainment Gureghian ASG Films

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Runtime 1h 12m
Color Color
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