Just Buried

Just Buried
Film poster
Directed by Chaz Thorne
Produced by Nigel Bennett
Pen Densham
Bill Niven
Chaz Thorne
John Watson
Written by Chaz Thorne
Starring Jay Baruchel
Rose Byrne
Graham Greene
Nigel Bennett
Music by Darren Fung
Scott Loane
Cinematography Christopher Porter
Edited by Christopher Cooper
Production
company
RGM Entertainment
Standing 8 Productions
Trilogy Entertainment Group
Distributed by Liberation Entertainment (USA)
Seville Pictures (Canada)
Release date
  • September 9, 2007 (2007-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25) (Canada)
  • October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03) (USA)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Just Buried is a Canadian film written and directed by Chaz Thorne. The dark comedy was initially released in 2007 and stars Jay Baruchel and Rose Byrne among several other actors. [1]

Plot

When Oliver Whynacht and his brother Jackie return home for their estranged father's funeral, Oliver is surprised to find out that he has inherited his father's estate which includes a funeral home. Shortly after arriving Henry, the handyman tells Oliver that the funeral home is facing bankruptcy. A stressed Oliver goes out for a night of drinking with Roberta Knickel after which he hits and kills a hiker with his truck. Roberta, who is both the local coroner and funeral home embalmer, helps Oliver stage the body so that it appears like an accident. This becomes Oliver's first paying customer, encouraging the duo to intentionally kill again. Suspicion is raised as the two fight to stay out of jail and stage "accidents" all over town. Due to their mutual partnership Oliver and Roberta begin to fall in love despite Oliver's seductive stepmother Luanne. After Roberta reveals that she is pregnant, the two get married. Shortly after the truth comes out that Roberta murdered Oliver's father to lure him back into town. Roberta was using Oliver to regain ownership of the funeral home which originally belonged to her mother. The film concludes as Roberta kills Oliver and gains possession of the funeral home.

Cast

Awards

Just Bburied has been nominated for, and won two awards; in 2007, Chaz Thorne won the Atlantic Canadian Award for Best Director at the Atlantic Film Festival. In 2008, Chaz Thorne won another award for his work on the film. The Jury Award for Best of the Fest was given to Thorne at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.

Production & Release

Just Buried was filmed in locations including Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. The production designer for the film is William Flemming. Set decoration for the whole movie was done by Darlene Lewis. Costumes for the film were designed by Kate Rose who coordinated with key makeup artist Betty Belmore.

The film was initially released at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2007. The Canada wide release of the film came a less than a year later on July 25, 2008. The film was also released in the United States on October 3, 2008.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics and users. On Rotten Tomatoes the film was given a 33% by critics with an average rating of 4.7/10. Reviewers favored the dark comedic charm of the film however, the film lost points due to the uneven plot and characters. IMDb users were more forgiving of the quirky feature and gave the film a 6.1/10.

Andrew Barker of Variety called the film "Bloody and irredeemably misanthropic" stating that the film "has enough charm to make for a sporadically enjoyable if wildly uneven entry in the growing body of cheeky corpse comedies." This review also calls attention to several actor's performances in the film including those of Jay Baruchel whom he found misplayed the role. Barker states that the two standout performances were that of Graham Green who played Henry Sanipass, and Christopher Shore who played Wayne Snarr. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Just Buried". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Barker, Andrew (November 3, 2008). "Just Buried". Variety. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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