The Living Wake (2007)

4.9/10 • 91 min • Comedy

Overview

A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s friends and enemies gather to witness his madness one final time.

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg

Mike O'Connell

Jim Gaffigan

Ann Dowd

Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine

Eddie Pepitone

Jill Larson

Alma Binew

Matthew Cowles

Mossman

Stuart Rudin

Recommendations

Sincerely Louis C.K.

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

Chris Rock: Tamborine

The Roast of Tom Brady

Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

Fun with Dick and Jane

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage

Ali Wong: Don Wong

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill

Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way

Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material

The Trouble with Angels