# I can not sufficiently emphasize how HIGHLY I recommend this movie (Comedy) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428 "2010-05-23T02:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/1 "2010-05-23T02:45:31Z")
Apologies to New Yorkers, this movie played in New York last week- I should have posted earlier. Now Playing in Los Angeles, opens in Seattle June 4th. [The Living Wake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IY2z3suZaA) (Youtube Link, be prepared for audio) K. Roth Binew is dying of a rare and vague disease, as precise as it is vague K. Roth knows exactly when he will die and has planned a wake for himself. Star of the film, Mike O’Connell, also wrote the film. Also stars Zombieland’s Jesse Eisenberg. I saw this at a film festival a couple years ago, the entire packed house was dying laughing. One of the funniest movies ever! Mike O’Connell and I were in an Improvisational Comedy Troupe in New Orleans about 15 years ago. We also started out doing Stand-Up together (together as part of the same scene, not as a duo). He has always been one of the funniest people I know. [Here’s Mike doing a different character with Ken Jeong (of “The Hangover” and “Community”), who was in the same Improv Troupe with us](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXDtPswocs). (Youtube Link, be prepared for audio) If you’re on Facebook, here’s a link: [there are fun promotional videos that I’m not seeing on Youtube](http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Living-Wake/281028614788?). This is the big “must-see” of the year as far as I’m concerned. LOVE it! ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/2 "2010-05-26T20:59:17Z")
Skirting the edges of “self bump” etiquette, I know. I’ll leave it at this, I promise. When I wrote the OP it had been 2 1/2 years since I had seen the film at a film festival. Posting fresh now after having finally gotten a chance to catch an L.A. screening of the official release last night. My memory didn’t do it justice. This movie is so damn good. I took my friend’s daughters, 12 and 14. They laughed so hard throughout the movie, the 12 year old even cried at the end. Not a very packed room, but such an enthusiastic audience. Not a single joke misfired. Even the “throw-away” jokes got huge laughs. The trailer throws out a quote from a reviewer that compares the writing to Tom Stoppard. Maybe a good description is that this is what it would be like if Tom Stoppard had written _Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure_. Maybe_Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s Big Adventure_??? [Here’s the schedule.](http://www.thelivingwake.com/blog/see-the-movie/) Right now, just a couple days left for the L.A. release. Seattle in two weeks. But I’m sure this schedule page will be updated with any screenings that may be added. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Nimity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Anna\_Nimity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna_Nimity)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/3 "2010-05-26T21:13:07Z")
This looks great but I hate this! You find a comedy you really want to see (I’m very picky about comedies) and it’s not available on Netflix. I’m not working, so buying it isn’t an option. Oh well, I have it saved so perhaps Netflix will eventually get it, if I should live that long. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/4 "2010-05-26T21:53:16Z")
> [@Anna\_Nimity](#): > > This looks great but I hate this! You find a comedy you really want to see (I’m very picky about comedies) and it’s not available on Netflix. I’m not working, so buying it isn’t an option. Oh well, I have it saved so perhaps Netflix will eventually get it, if I should live that long. After 3 years of doing the festival circuit, the movie has just now gotten a theatrical release. This is what they’ve been aiming for all this time so they didn’t want to ruin it by having a DVD release before a proper theatrical run. Once it’s had its run there will be a DVD, and hopefully Netflix will have it. When the DVD is available I’ll either revive this thread or start a new one. (I’ll again be filled with excitement at that time, so you can be sure I’ll share all info!) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/5 "2010-05-26T22:31:48Z")
I just signed up for the mailing list, and put my zip code in to demand that it play in Chicago. Thanks for the heads-up! Good for them that they’re getting theatrical releases so long after the movie has been playing at festivals. I’ve seen great films at festivals that _never_ got a theatrical release. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/6 "2010-06-05T00:57:26Z")
Just a bump for the Seattle Dopers, opens today at [Grand Illusion Cinema](http://www.grandillusioncinema.org/). [From the Seattle Times](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2012023013_mr04living.html) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/7 "2010-08-11T20:48:39Z")
> [@Anna\_Nimity](#): > > This looks great but I hate this! You find a comedy you really want to see (I’m very picky about comedies) and it’s not available on Netflix. I’m not working, so buying it isn’t an option. Oh well, I have it saved so perhaps Netflix will eventually get it, if I should live that long. [Now on Netflix!](http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Living_Wake/70084330?strackid=315f9fff3f889671_0_srl&strkid=244846232_0_0&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&trkid=222336) Also available on itunes, [amazon.com](http://amazon.com), [blockbuster.com](http://blockbuster.com) and on VOD. (Don’t know which cable providers in which markets are offering it on VOD.) itunes and [blockbuster.com](http://blockbuster.com) have it to buy or to rent. And the DVD release come just as I have no money! Boo! It will be probably 3 weeks before I can buy it. I almost feel like typing my OP out all over again- that’s how much I want to recommend that people see this movie! I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this!!! Scroll back to the OP and pretend I’ve typed it out all over again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/8 "2010-08-11T21:24:22Z")
Sweet! It’s definitely going in my Netflix queue. Thanks **bienville**! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/9 "2010-08-11T21:43:34Z")
Got a report that the second link in the OP was NSFW – since I’m at work, I’m not gonna click it right now, and am taking the report at face value. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/10 "2010-08-11T22:02:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Got a report that the second link in the OP was NSFW – since I’m at work, I’m not gonna click it right now, and am taking the report at face value. The link you hid in the Spoiler Box is just a link to the Facebook Page and I couldn’t figure why it could possibly be NSFW. Then I realized the NSFW Report must have been for the second link (you said second link but Spoliered the third link). The second link the one titled “Here’s Mike doing a different character with Ken Jeong (of “The Hangover” and “Community”)” . . . is a song with some “adult themes”. Apologies for not warning of the subject matter of the song. I did, though, describe it as a YouTube link and warned of audio. Sorry if anyone felt ambushed. Still, if it’s got people upset, I supposed better to actually Spoiler the offending link rather than the Facebook link. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/11 "2010-08-11T22:10:42Z")
I think we’ve got the right link now. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/12 "2010-08-11T22:48:16Z")
Oops – guess my math skills aren’t what they should be … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/13 "2010-08-16T13:35:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think we’ve got the right link now. Is spoilering a NSFW link the protocol now? What does that solve? What happened to the two click rule? Or does clicking on the spoiler button count? Why not break the link or, at the very least, label it as NSFW? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/14 "2010-08-18T18:52:59Z")
Sounds funny… I’ll have to take a look for it… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-not-sufficiently-emphasize-how-highly-i-recommend-this-movie-comedy/540428/15 "2010-08-18T19:31:11Z")
I wonder if there’s any way to do a custom modification of the Spoiler tag so that you get the hiding effect, but it’s labeled as NSFW instead (in addition to the spoiler tag, not instead of.)