Where for art thou R.

Rating: 7/10 (10 February 2013)

Warm bodies is the story of zombie R and his journey back to humanity after he meets the girl of his dreams. A journey that not only changes his life ( or unlife ) but also those similarly afflicted.
After bumping into Julie while her and some other survivors are out looking for supplies. He feels something change in himself and decides to rescue her from his zombie cohorts and it's from this point on we see R shamble his way back to the world of the living.
The movie is a great romantic comedy. While not laugh out loud it does have it's moments. The two leads relationship is very convincing and is good fun to see it grow throughout. Even the smaller interactions Between Julie, R and their friends are good fun too. There are some great riffs on the whole Romeo and Juliet angle ( R and Julie ) even down to a whole balcony scene.It does have a tendency to go a bit too syrupy at times (one E.T. type moment) and it does occasionally border on the cheesy but never enough to ruin it.
The make up for all the zombies look great as does the set design for the post apocalyptic world. Effects wise the only thing that lets the movie down are the Bonies. The skeleton like evil zombies should have been creepy but they just looked a bit too cartoony and could easily have been done with some super skinny actors in Prostetic make up. The fact they looked so lame did suck the tension out of some scenes but it was still good.
Warm bodies is a great date night movie and has something for everyone.