The Pallbearer

Cast

David Schwimmer
as Tom Thompson

Gwyneth Paltrow
as Julie Demarco

Barbara Hershey
as Ruth Abernathy

Michael Rapaport
as Brad Schorr

Toni Collette
as Cynthia

Carol Kane
as Tom's Mom

Michael Vartan
as Scott

Bitty Schram
as Lauren

Matthew Faber
as Jared

Robin Morse
as Sylvie

Robin Moore
as Sylvie

Edoardo Ballerini
as The Job Interviewer

Tony "Machine" Krasinski
as The Undertaker

Robert Katims
as Minister

Greg Grunberg
as Abernathy Cousin

David Vadim
as Abernathy Cousin

Zak Orth
as Abernathy Cousin

Kevin Corrigan
as Pallbearer

Joseph D'Onofrio
as Pallbearer

John A. Mudd
as Pallbearer

Eric Morace
as Pallbearer

Elizabeth Franz
as Aunt Lucille

Marnie Pomerantz
as Roller Coaster Rider

Mark Margolis
as Philip DeMarco

Jean De Baer
as Suzanne DeMarco

George Lee Masters
as Maitre d'

Todd Schrenk
as The Other Tom

Rabbi Joel Zion
as Rabbi

Sal Maneri
as Wedding Guest

Gwen Goldsmith
as Wedding Guest

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Critic Reviews for The Pallbearer

Audience Reviews for The Pallbearer

• Sep 29, 2009

  ok the movie is very tedious to watch and I like funny things this wasn't funny interesting or anything it was a dare I say a disater of a movie!! and another thing I can't believe how Toni Collette could look sexy now and then she couldn't when she was younger.. do things really get better with age!! I starting to think so!! David Schwimmer plays a drifting twentysomething who receives a telephone call out of the blue to be a pallbearer at the funeral of someone he supposedly knew in school. Trouble is, the caller has mistaken Schwimmer's character for someone else, but our hapless hero--who still lives with his mother at home--doesn't know how to say no. An encounter with the dead man's mother (Barbara Hershey) leads to a sexual relationship, while an old flame (Gwyneth Paltrow) from high school is suddenly on the horizon if only Schwimmer's loser character can quickly get his act together. This umpteenth variation on the Oedipal conflicts in Mike Nichols's The Graduate doesn't have the imagination, vitality, or authority to take classic themes about growing up all the way to the finish line. But in its brooding, comic way, it is honest about the difficulties of crossing the line into adulthood when one doesn't know how. Chaos unfolds as Tom is roped into being a pallbearer (and delivering the eulogy!) by the mother of a recently deceased "friend" from high school that he just can't remember. In the meantime, an unrequited love from high school (NOT the dead guy's girlfriend) reappears in his life.
  Sergio E Super Reviewer
• Aug 18, 2009

  Cast: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Carol Kane, Toni Collette, Michael Rapaport, Barbara Hershey, Bitty Schram Director: Matt Reeves Summary: When Ruth Abernathy (Barbara Hershey) mistakes Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer) for someone else, Thompson ends up becoming a pallbearer at the funeral of her son -- a former high school classmate he doesn't even remember. Despite the fact that he's unemployed and living with his parents, Thompson convinces his old crush (Gwyneth Paltrow) to go out with him. Meanwhile, a sexual relationship develops between Thompson and Mrs. Abernathy. My Thoughts: "It's a mix of a comedy and a drama. David Schwimmer plays Tom Thompson, who is a push over. He feels obligated to do anything for anyone when he doesn't want to. But to spare their feelings, he does it anyway. His love interest Julie, is the same way. The story is interesting and you get involved with the characters, especially David's. You watch him kinda grow up in the film. He is 25, jobless, and living at home with his mother and sleeping in bunk beds. By the end of the film you feel like he has grown and matured into an adult. Great job by Matt Reeves. It's a movie worth seeing at least once."
  ♥˩ƳИИ & Super Reviewer
• Oct 25, 2008

  The story is pretty limited and doesn't really go anywhere.
  Sunil J Super Reviewer
• Jun 15, 2008

  I hate <a href="http://www.flixster.com/actor/david-schwimmer">David Schwimmer</a>, and this movie doesn't help his case any.
  Ed K Super Reviewer

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