GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 15 July 2014
Watched on Netflix 1 Nov 2018
Watched on Netflix 1 Nov 2018
Staring: Chock full of recognizable people that I had to use the names of the people they had played in other movies to guess who they were... Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler and Anna Kendrick
Rating? R
SPOILERS? YES
REVIEWS
IMDB: 5.6 of 10
MY RATING: 6 of 10
STORYLINE
A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
MY REVIEW
I wasn't hopeful after I realized that the plot was achingly similar to Burying the Ex. But I gave it a shot and I was pleasantly surprised. There was just enough humor to keep me interested and the story was actually pretty unique.
So, it is a little overreaching at a few different genres but overall it kinda worked, hence the 6 and not a 2! The humor alone was enough to keep me interested. The best way I can describe this movie is a Zombie filled romantic comedy!
SPOILERS START HERE!!!
The premise is pretty generic. The dead begin coming back to life but have no idea that they are dead and go about their lives like nothing happened, at first. After a few days, they begin to get aggressive, decompose and well, eat people. Beth (Aubrey Plaza) had apparently went hiking and was bitten by a snake and died. Her distraught boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan) and parents (Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly) begin an odd friendship that ends abruptly for Zach. Determined to find out what has happened, he eventually finds out that Beth has returned from the dead along with a few other local folks.
So, it is a little overreaching at a few different genres but overall it kinda worked, hence the 6 and not a 2! The humor alone was enough to keep me interested. The best way I can describe this movie is a Zombie filled romantic comedy!
SPOILERS START HERE!!!
The premise is pretty generic. The dead begin coming back to life but have no idea that they are dead and go about their lives like nothing happened, at first. After a few days, they begin to get aggressive, decompose and well, eat people. Beth (Aubrey Plaza) had apparently went hiking and was bitten by a snake and died. Her distraught boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan) and parents (Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly) begin an odd friendship that ends abruptly for Zach. Determined to find out what has happened, he eventually finds out that Beth has returned from the dead along with a few other local folks.
What I DID LIKE about this movie:
- My favorite part was new the end when Beths mom, Geenie (Molly Shannon) has Beth (Aubrey Plaza) chained to the stove and Zach (Dane DeHaan) asks where Beth's dad Maury (John C. Reilly) is and her response is "Well, Beth kind of ate his face."
- Aubrey Plaza dumps her typical snarkishness for this witty overdramatic character of Beth.
- Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly PURE GOLD! They were amazing!
What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:
- Paul Reiser and Cheryl Hines are wasted. Not enough really for them. But in reality, it think the ensemble cast was just too big.
- Plot and story were predictable, funny, but predictable.
- And then Anna Kendrick shows up for pretty much no reason.....
- The end is really ridiculous. Just ends with the lights coming on and the news saying that the "thing" is over? What the literal hell was that?
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