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28 May 2004 (USA) morePlot:
In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates... more | add synopsisAwards:
7 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Emulates early Coen Brothers more (6 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Rob LaBelle | ... | Sheldon Kasner |
 | Jan Rubes | ... | Marvin Telekunsky |
 | Allan Rich | ... | Hy Leibowicz |
| Bill Meilen | ... | Harry Epstein |
 | David Paymer | ... | Morry Zimmer |
 | Seymour Cassel | ... | Sam Goldberg |
 | Jeff Seymour | ... | Jake Lightman |
 | Bill Mondy | ... | Stuart Lightman |
 | Linden Banks | ... | Rabbi Fernstein |
| Nathaniel DeVeaux | ... | Lyle Devine |
 | Betty Linde | ... | Mrs. Graunbaum |
| Nick Misura | ... | Real building manager |
| Dagmar Midcap | ... | News Reporter #1 |
| Mitra Loraz | ... | News Reporter #2 (as Mitra Lohrasb) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Sashi Bommakanty | ... | Arab |
| Elaine Kliner | ... | Extra |
| Werner Thomas | ... | The Husband |
| Arthur Wolak | ... | Extra |
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Burial Society is a film noir, a bargain basement emulation of early Coen Brothers style. It tells the story of loans manager Sheldon Krasner (Rob LaBelle), a man of quiet desperation who embezzles money from the wrong people. In an effort to elude the gangsters who are searching for him he conceives an elaborate plan to join the Chevrah Kadisha or Burial Society made up of devout Jewish men who prepare dead bodies for burial.
As expected with this kind of film there are twists a plenty, but none are really surprising. This kind of quirky film noir piece has become stock – we know to look for the twists and turns and when they do come, they're not that surprising. We've seen this kind of story many times, but director Nicholas Rasz at least shakes things up visually, using several showy shots that break up the functional monotony of the story. In one scene as Krasner is putting money into a bag it is seen from the bag's perspective. Not necessary, but a tricky little shot nonetheless.
Rob LaBelle is fine as the nebbishy Krasner, and at 82 minutes Burial Society flies by, but doesn't leave any lasting impression.