The Dead are All Around, but Does Shaun Notice? Absolutely Not!

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 2005)

What could have been a complete misfire in a tired genre that now features sped-up undead monsters comes as a fresh, genuinely hilarious farce that for about an hour and forty minutes takes us on a ride that never lets up.
A nice subtext that seems to say that the reason people are becoming zombies is the fact that their routines are the cause of this, Shaun emerges as the lone antihero that will confront his own dead-end existence and by way of craziness, regain his girlfriend, regain his own sense of self... and regain his routine of playing video games with his best friend Ed even when he has to be chained. SHAUN OF THE DEAD is a cleverly written story full of very British humor, completely aware of its poking fun at the zombie genre, and is a great movie to watch and be entertained by without looking too deep into it.