
I've always maintained that the critics who panned
Brain Candy and
The Wrong Guy were probably
Americans whose idea of a really hilarious movie is one in which a guy gets hit in the groin
twice, and who are even now bragging about how one time they were on the same flight as
Dane Cook. Just because no one from
SNL has made a decent movie in twenty years doesn't mean sketch comedians can't be funny in longer, narrative-based projects. Be that as it may,
Death Comes to Town is a dull, sad affair, with weak characters, flat dialogue, and very few laughs. When you're as
old, chubby and tired-looking as
Dave Foley, you really can't pull off playing multiple characters on the same show, especially one as weakly written as this. If
Death Comes to Town were
my dog, I'd have put it to sleep long before Episode 8.
RATING: 20%
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www.thecoast.ca.)