Funny, refreshing, close to brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2004)

Name a comedy (other than Bad Santa!) of recent years you actually laughed your ass off... I couldn't think of any (other than Bad Santa!), but Shaun of the Dead had me rolling all over the place.
Shaun is a typical loser kinda guy (they should have had him for the Jon role in Garfield), who's dumped by his girlfriend because he always takes her to his favorite pub instead of some classy restaurant. Then there's problems with his roommate who doesn't accept the fact his sloppy and lazy best friend, Ed, is living with them.
But worse things are about to happen, as suddenly there appears to be a lot of zombies wandering the streets. Oh well, let's have a cuppa tea first...
The now legendary records-scene ('Second coming!', 'Yeah, well I liked it') is just one example of some hilarious scenes, too many to remember really. I'm sure gonna watch it again one of these days.
The movie kinda slows down in it's last third, but by then you've seen more convincing zombies and heard more jokes and puns than any other movie of recent years (other than Bad Santa!).
One to watch! 8/10.