Random Media gives fans of dark indie comedy a treat with the June 12, 2018 DVD/VOD/Digital premieres of the 2016 film "Funeral Day." The festival praise for this character study of a hypochondriac starring Jon Weinberg includes director Jon Wienberg winning a Best Director award at the 2016 Austin Revolution Film Festival and producer Jon Weinberg scoring the Best Comedy Feature prize at the 2017 Twister Alley International Film Festival.
This literal day-in-the-life of film begins with Scott getting a literal rude awakening when a good friend comes pounding on the door to get Scott to get his "stuff" together and join him at the funeral of a mutual friend. The figurative rude awakening for the good friend comes via Scott asking him to feel his balls for a lump that Scott fears indicates testicular cancer.
This encounter ends with Scott making a to-do list as part of a pledge to be a better person and his friend heading off to the funeral stag. The ensuing hilarity essentially has Scott literally and figuratively running for his life. (Just because you imagine illness does not mean that you are not sick.)
The remainder of "Funeral" has Scott making the rounds in conjunction with his quest. An early stop is at his favorite diner where the waitress who is the object of his affection slings hash. He later circles back for the special of the day.
Scott also visits his ex-fiancee regarding whom he is a runaway groom. This leads to a hashing out of another nature.
One of the more hilarious stops during this big day out is at a hospice. The gatekeeper at the front desk does not respond well to the request of Scott to gain perspective from speaking with a dying person. Suffice it to say that moderate hilarity ensues.
The second most hilarious encounter in the film is with the creepy upstairs neighbor. This guy sharing his knowledge of the self-pleasuring habits of Scott is only the beginning. His agreeing to provide the requested medical exam seals the deal.
Weinberg saves the best for almost last in having Scott encounter a heterosexual couple in the park and agreeing to go home with them for a therapeutic prostate milking. This encounter ends up being a pain in the ass in a manner that extends beyond the obvious. It further involves a fall-on-the-floor funny debate about medical ethics.
In the end. Scott is a wiser and obtains at least one form of happy ending.
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