Brilliant launch of Pegg on film?

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 2004)

I've loved Simon Pegg for years, ever since his early work with Steve Coogan, and am very glad he's finally starring in his own film! 'Shaun of the Dead' was exactly as I hoped it would be; funny, gory, intelligent but stupid (if that makes any sense to anyone) and farcical without becoming overly silly!
The acting talent was great, my favourites being Lucy Davies, Dylan Moran and of course Pegg himself, and it was great to see Jessica Stevenson popping up! I genuinely jumped a couple of times and (SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!) when Dylan Moran was literally taken to pieces I cringed big time!
'Shaun of the Dead' is a great film with everything going for it. It's hard for me to pinpoint anything that's really wrong with it to be honest, although a couple of my friends thought some parts were just TOO serious for the surrounding material. I disagreed, I thought they handled the comedy with the tragedy, and the premise of the story is initially a tragic one, very well indeed, Pegg proving to be, like many comics, a decent comic actor. After the purile trash that was 'Sex Lives of the Potato Men' (hopefully will be wiped from all our memories, there's 5 quid and 90 minutes I'll never see again) 'Shaun of the Dead' has restored my faith in British cinema, and as a mark of patriotism and respect for the film, I'm rating it 10!