Basically…
Zach (Dane DeHaan) is heartbroken when his girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) is
killed by a snake bite on a hiking trip but soon discovers she isn't actually
dead and her parents are actually hiding her in their house. As she slowly
makes the transition into a zombie though, he finds it difficult to live with
her changes.
In other words…
A romzomcom…in that order.
The main men and leading ladies…
The eternally wonderful Dane DeHaan is yet
again the cherry of perfection on the movie cake. Playing one of his most
normal and stable roles yet, for once we can actually relate to him. Parks and
Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza has her finest moment in the form of a selfish, moaning flesh-eating zombie.
In the chair…
I Heart Huckabees
writer Jeff Baena makes his directing debut with his real-life girlfriend
starring as the finger-sucking undead. He also managed to secure some of Hollywood’s
finest actors (John C. Reilly) with some of the most exciting youngsters
(including Anna Kendrick).
So…?
This has an ideal sense of humour for this
style of quirky romzomcom, but it fails to ever hit the spot. The actors are
top notch, the plot is original and the tone means it never takes itself too
seriously, but there aren’t many laugh out loud moments. Zombie lovers will say
there’s too much rom and not enough zom but it does well to reflect many teenagers’
problems – feeling lost, confused in love and the struggles of breaking free
from their parents’ grasp. That and girls can be a bit psychotic at times. Kendrick adds another dimension with a
particularly amusing car park scene, but it’s DeHaan and Plaza who carry this movie
and save it from being a complete flop. It loses it’s way a bit but it’s easy
to appreciate the effort nonetheless.
Worth the money?
Save it for Netflix. In the background.
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