Neither ditzy enough as comedy nor realistic enough as human drama to live a long life.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The occasional amusing one-liner can't compensate for the broad caricatures and awkwardly structured story.
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
That Eulogy has any laughs is largely a testament to the understated Romano -- he and Deschanel are the only ones in the cast who aren't straining to be funny.
The screenplay is closer in tone to an uneasy mixture of post-"Seinfeld" bile and unfocused Altmanesque satirical misanthropy. Partly because the story's structure is so haphazard, most of the jokes land with a thud.
20
Village Voice
Village Voice
If the recurring gag about Grandma's suicide attempts doesn't have you rolling in the aisles, there's always the domineering aunt whose husband sits at the kiddie table.