Funny, charming and even somewhat thoughtful

Rating: 8/10 (6 March 2013)

I decided to watch Warm Bodies because of the funny and fast paced trailer, which suggested something like Zombieland + Romance. The movie turned out quite differently: It was of much slower pacing than expected and only featured a few uninspired and generic action scenes, but in my opinion it scored quite high in other fields.
The characters, humans and zombies alike, were very likable and have been performed convincingly. The general sentiment of the movie was warm and kind and, although always on the edge of stereotyped cliché, never overdoing it. The characters showed some development and i really enjoyed the growing romance between the two main protagonists. Fortunately the cautious borrowing from Romeo & Juliet was integrated nicely into the movie and not striking in your face, like in some other recent productions.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that this movie was deep or ambitious, but it featured some interesting themes like "wandering around, not knowing why or where to go", "looking behind the surface" or some spot on zombificated versions of real life romance / relationship building.
One of the best "young adult" romantic comedies currently around and it really strikes out of the all those other one-dimensional and superficial movies of that genre.