The Burial

A mother’s last wish is that her body be taken from France to the river in England where her husband died, so her three estranged sons set off together in a hearse with the coffin loaded in the back. Handled less skilfully the film could have been either an unimaginative madcap farce or a slushy emotional cheese-fest. However, for the most part Boucher and Mills’ direction manages to tread a fine line between comedy and tragedy, providing humour without stupidity and emotion without overt manipulation.