all of director abel ferrara movie be deeply flaw and but he be willing to take you into darker place than almost any contemporary filmmaker . his best movie be the bleak kind of cinematic art and and the funeral be one of the best . to complain about the lack of action in this gangster movie be to miss the entire point . this be a character study of people who have make choice in their life that have leave them without hope and in much the same way a ferrara bad lieutenant . although it be often pretentious and a little boring and it also contain many potent and unforgettable scene and most notably those feature chris penn and who i frankly do not think could act until i saw this movie . the funeral be an unremittingly dark film that at time achieve a terrible beauty . i be not sure that i would recommend it and but i be extremely glad to have see it .