I'm having a ball.

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2005)

For some reason the zombie movie is back in a big way and I am loving it. This movie is just plain fun. Simon Pegg as Shaun, Nick Frost as Ed, Kate Ashfield as Liz, Dylan Moran as David, Bill Nighy as Phillip, and Penelope Wilton as Barbara make up a great cast. Everyone has some good lines and there are references aplenty to other zombie movies. My favorite reference is the shot of Shaun and Ed through the hole of Mary which is extremely similar to a shot in Death Becomes Her of Madeleine and Ernest through the hole of Helen. My three favorite scenes are Shaun's walk to the store on Z-day, the saving mum and Liz montages, and the final showdown in the bar. You have to see Shaun, Ed, and Liz beating a zombie to Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" to fully appreciate it. Unlike the "beat the audience on the head with the joke" comedies that we see too many of, this movie uses Shaun for the subtle and Ed for the very unsubtle. "Can I get any of you c**ts a drink," is an fine example of Ed's vocabulary. This is married to watching Shaun blindly pass several zombies on the way to the store and even talking to one as he passes oblivious. The first scene is staged well also, reveling people only as they are mentioned I could go on seemingly forever with what I like about this movie. People who don't like movie should not be trusted or associated with for fear of infection. The DVD has some fun features including: plot holes explained, a complete early storyboard of the film, good deleted scenes, and outtakes such as Sean Connery and Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be Shaun.
*Shaun: "David kill the Queen." David: "What?" Shaun: "The music!"*