Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Just Buried’

Written by Scott Edwards 

​Leaving your life behind is never easy when it comes to moving to a new place. With all of your friends that took a lifetime to make being left behind, making new ones may seem like something that you really don’t want to do again. But that is a part of life and it never gets easier, but when you find that there are good people at your new home, you might not feel so bad overall. There is nothing wrong with leaving a previous life behind, especially if you are able to find a better one that will give you more than you ever bargained for.

Finding out that their estranged father has passed away, brothers Oliver and Jackie Whynacht are on their way to attend his funeral. As Jackie is a priest and has plenty to bring to the table, Oliver does not have much to fall back on, but during the will reading he is surprised to see that he has inherited his father’s funeral home. While not everyone is happy about what has transpired in the town, Oliver is the new boss and with his number two Henry and mortician Roberta, he will be able to make things work. With the chance of doing something new with his life, Oliver takes a liking to Roberta since she is so incredibly different from the other women that Oliver has met in the past.

While at dinner with Roberta and finding out more about his father, the two take a drunken ride home and hit a local on the way. Knowing that they are in trouble, Roberta breaks the neck of the victim and knows of a good way to cover up the mistake.  With the body being dropped far from the crash site, the police are called in and Roberta is part of the team as Oliver finds out that she is not only a mortician, but also the county coroner. Knowing what really happened, Roberta is able to cover up the mistake made by the two and with the funeral being taken care of by Oliver’s funeral home, the income will not be denied and the two are able to keep their little secret between them, at least for a moment. 

When Mr. Pickles is able to find the walking stick of the deceased, Oliver and Roberta know that they are in for trouble as the old television personality has an idea of what might have actually happened. Trying to secure the walking stick, Mr. Pickles finds the two in his house and winds up falling to his death. With Roberta by his side, Oliver knows that everything will be alright, but finding out that the funeral is going to be taken care of by his competitor, Oliver is heartbroken as his funeral home is broke and close to shutting down. But Roberta has an idea to get rid of the competition and the two go on a mission to make sure that they will never be trifled with again. Now being the only game in town, Oliver’s business thrives as the bodies continue to come in but being in the green is not enough for the young man as he wants Roberta to be at his side, but her boyfriend is starting to get in the way. 

I have not seen a romantic comedy in quite some time, but if this is the future of them, I am in. With laughs, tears, murder and a love triangle, I do not see how you could go wrong. I love how the story played out in this movie, especially after seeing the Wheel of Fate that Oliver’s father had to use to decide who would get his inheritance. The problem of money might seem to be the foundation of the story, but the love story really overrode it when the two killed off their competition. With Oliver getting the best of two worlds, his love Roberta and his father’s widow Luanne, it is easy to see that he wants it all, which is something that his character grew into, which was a pretty big change. I cannot get over how trusting all of the characters are in the movie, taking people at their word, but when the facts start to surface, everything starts to change and there is only one way to stop from being discovered, MURDER.

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