Over the top and very funny

Rating: 7/10 (5 March 2005)

Since everyone in the world here has seen fit to describe the plot of this movie in excruciating detail, I'll skip all that and just let you know that this was the funniest movie I've seen in a long time. The understated, bemused reactions of Shaun and Ed to all that's going on around them at first ("Are they out there?" "No...Oh, wait, there they are") sets the stage for life-and-death struggle against the undead (or,as they will be known in Reality TV,the "Fun Dead") that will forever be remembered as Z-Day. There is no subtlety here-the zombies are everywhere and the noise is constant, which is one thing I might have changed. It gets quite tiring to watch all this activity over fully the last half of the film. Still, it's hilarious without being mean-spirited (even though folks being are being gobbled up and ripped apart throughout.) Who needs a superhero to save the world when we've got Shaun?