Stars: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Barbara Hershey, Michael Rapaport, Toni Collette, Carol Kane, Bitty Schram, Michael Vartan

Director: Matt Reeves

Summary: A directionless college graduate finds his life in turmoil after he agrees to be a pallbearer for a high school classmate he can't remember. To make things worse, he gets chosen to give the eulogy, the mother of the deceased keeps putting the moves on him, and he's bumblingly trying to impress his old high school would-be flame. A black comedy from first-time director Reeves.

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In The PallbearerDavid Schwimmer plays a drifting 20-something who receives a telephone call out of the blue asking him to be a pallbearer at the funeral of someone he supposedly knew in school. Trouble is, the caller has mistaken Schwimmer's character for someone else, but our hapless hero--who still lives with his mother at home--doesn't know how to say no. An encounter with the dead man's mother (Barbara Hershey) leads to a sexual relationship, while an old flame (Gwyneth Paltrow) from high school is suddenly on the horizon if only Schwimmer's loser character can quickly get his act together. This umpteenth variation on the Oedipal conflicts in Mike Nichols' The Graduatedoesn't have the imagination, vitality, or authority to take classic themes about growing up all the way to the finish line. But in its brooding, comic way, it is honest about the difficulties of crossing the line into adulthood when one doesn't know how. --Tom Keogh

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1996
Release Date:	August 5, 2002
Runtime:	94 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888508
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Wide, Screen, Pallbearer
Genre:	Comedy