Witty, romantic and actually just plain hilarious

Rating: 8/10 (30 August 2013)

Well that sums it up actually. The movie is great fun and top of the shelf entertainment, that is for sure. And the top it off , it is quite original for a zombie-story.
We are getting treated to a bona fide romance between a zombie boy and a living girl. But the real catch in this movie is the voice-over from lead actor Nicholas Hoult (you know the boy in the Hugh Grant hit 'About a boy' and Beast in the new X-men franchise) for his own character R. As audience we're privileged to listen in on a zombies mind and what happens inside the brain (much more apparently then we ever thought) and that is just what makes this movie stand out. Especially the monologues he is having with himself, they're priceless. I don't wanna give out to much from the plot, but the opening sequence is one not to miss, even if you're not a horror or zombie fan.
Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer (She was the Alien protector in I am Number 4) have a great chemistry going on here. The storyline is quite thin off course, and one can wonder at first why Malkovich is in this movie, but you can clearly see he's having fun as the dad and ruthless zombie-killer. The level of gore is OK, but not even close as to how much a normal horror movie would have. The focus is much more on the romance and situational comedy and witty one-liners, and it works perfectly here.
So Kudos to Jonathan Levine, who wrote and directed this movie. Great make-up and most importantly he knows how to tell a story and keep the pace in the movie. Although he's not without experience as he gave us the more then average 'Everybody Loves Mandy Lane' and the excellent '50/50'.
So I would highly recommend this movie.