the problem lies with Whedon

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2002)

alright, here we go. Resurection would have received much more critical aclaim had Joss Whedon not written it. This film pulled together some of the greatest living character actors, as well as Marc Caro's brilliant artistic design. The problem is that Whedon wrote this movie like another episode of "Buffy." Yeah, for those of you who don't know, Joss Whedon is the writer of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer - which should be all the explanation you need as to why this film did not succeed. My point is that the script functioned on the TV show principle, in which the audience needs to be constantly reminded that this is just fantasy, and therefore they should not take it too seriously. Held back by what can be mercifully regarded as an awful script, Resurection is a blemish on Jeunet's career - through no fault of his own. To Whedon's credit, I did enjoy the scene where ***SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER, READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FILM*** the baby alien bites Brad Dourif's head off. for some reason, that was really satisfying....