A Welcome to the Zombie Genre!

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2014)

Warm Bodies is an interesting and rather fresh entry into the tiring zombie genre. Despite lots of good entertainment, we really haven't been offered something new, not until this movie came along. It's more of a romantic comedy than a horror and the film is told from the perspective of the main zombie, R. This film is touching, sweet, gruesome, and action-packed. I think everyone from both genders will enjoy the film.
Jonathan Levine's follow-up to his 2011's 50/50 is a radically different story, but still emotionally-infused. This film is about a zombie named R who develops love for this human girl named Julie. But if his love is to be protected, he must avoid being killed by the humans and even more undead creatures called Boneys.
The acting is actually really good. Nicholas Hoult does a great job as R. Teresa Palmer is really good as Julie and both the actors have great chemistry with each other. Rob Corddry has many scene-stealing scenes as R's best friend, M. John Malkovich is rather restrained, but that's because of the source material.
Overall, Warm Bodies is an excellent movie and so much better than expected. This isn't the Twilight of the zombie genre as many feared it was going to be. The romance is actually endearing and bearable. This film is funny, smart, action-packed, has good special effects and is a really sweet film. I rate this film 9/10.