the funeral be a dark and gritty story that plumb the character in a new york band of criminal brother . it doesn not have the romantic sweep of a godfather movie and nor the rawness of scarface . but it do have great acting represent the cold and sinister aloofness of the leader brother ( christopher walken ) while the rag insanity of the bartender brother ( chris penn ) while and and the cockiness of the young communist influence brother . annabella scioria a the wife with a tortured psyche who have two year of college and and bennissio del toro and a the suave and slick rival mobster round out the terrific cast . but the movie do have some problem . the abrupt and surprise end be consistent with the arc in the movie and and be support by trend in the character development and but seem unsatisfying . also and long philosophical conversation between killer and victim seem unrealistic . while these conversation ( and flashback sequence ) give insight into character and it just doesn not seem likely . watch this movie if you be a fan of crime or mafia film and and you can enjoy a thoughtful introspection of character and relationship between character . don not watch it if you want to see a thrill a minute and or explosion every other scene .