A Romantic Comedy, with Zombies

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2016)

When the trailer for Warm Bodies it was mocked for looking like Twilight with zombies. Fortunately the film does live not up to that as distinction as a zombie, R (Nicholas Hoult) starts to find his humanity after falling for a young woman, Julie (Teresa Palmer) and their relationship could end up being the key to a care for the zombie outbreak.
Most of the comedy in Warm Bodies is frontloaded to the first third of the film, using Hoult's voice-over and physical actions and seeing how the zombies continue rambling about in a deserted airport. He has the best lines as he talks about R's existence and attempts woo Julie with his thoughts of don't be creepy - a little like the thought processes Mark Corrigan in Peep Show.
Warm Bodies was adapted and directed by Jonathan Levine who is at making comedy-dramas and he did a solid job with Warm Bodies. Despite the zombie apocalypse being in full flow Warm Bodies was a mostly light hearted as the relationship budding between R and Julie. However when there was action in the third act it was very small scale and the limited budget was obvious.
Warm Bodies was a decent offering and worked best as a new twist on zombie genre by looking at zombies themselves, giving them personalities and desires. However it is not as funny as it should have been.