Funny and Cute

Rating: 6/10 (29 October 2013)

Let me just say that I typically don't like "zom-coms" for the simple reason that most of them just aren't that funny. Additionally, the idea of a romance between a person and a zombie fills me with revulsion. Having said that, I fully expected to be bored to tears or completely disgusted with this particular film. I was pleasantly surprised. Essentially, "R" (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie who ambles along--day in and day out-doing what zombies typically do. Then one day he and a number of other zombies stumble upon a group of humans and while he is chowing down on one happens to see a beautiful woman named "Julie" (Teresa Palmer) who is surrounded and totally vulnerable. This strikes a strange impulse in his brain to protect her and lead her to a safe location. What follows is a story that is both funny and cute without getting too morbid or syrupy. Be that as it may, judging from some of the other reviews my opinion is not shared by everybody. To each his own. In any case, I didn't think this film was too bad and I rate it as slightly above average.