Description
from IMDB:
A
young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead,
but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
Notable
actors: Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser,
Anna Kendrick, Dan DeHaan, Matthew Gray Gubler, Garry Marshall
It’s
a well-known fact that I enjoy zombie movies.
Because I have seen so many, I find myself drawn to films that are a bit
different from the norm. I like seeing a
familiar story from a different angle. This
is true of horror movies in general. Fido.
Colin. Shaun
of the Dead. The Cabin in the Woods. Scream. And so on. If there is a movie with a new way of looking
at familiar tropes, chances are good that I’ll enjoy it. (Not all of them, though. American
Zombie was terrible.)
So
it shouldn’t be a surprise that I loved this movie. It made me laugh pretty consistently
throughout the entire movie. It started
off quickly (one of the first scenes is Beth’s funeral) and didn’t really hit
any lulls. The cast was terrific. I wasn’t sold on Dane DeHaan at first, but he
grew on me as the movie progressed. I
loved seeing how Plaza played Beth; she started as a sweet and fun amnesiac,
and ended up being the flesh-craved zombie we knew she would become. I loved John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon as
her relentlessly naïve parents. Most of
all, I loved seeing this weird little story play out on the fringes of a
citywide zombie outbreak.
My
main complaint is that the music seemed to overtake the dialog from time to time. I loved the atmosphere of the music
(dissonant guitar squawls, courtesy of the great Black Rebel Motorcycle Club),
but it had a tendency to be louder than it had any reason to me. Perhaps that was to contribute to the chaos
on screen, but I could have done with it being a little lower in the mix. (Look at me, complaining about music being
too loud. I’m officially old now.)
That’s
a minor complaint, though. It’s not a
perfect movie, but I had a lot of fun with this. I’m already looking forward to watching it
again.
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