Socially Aware Allegory plus Zombies

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2013)

This movie seems like it could appeal to audience members looking for comedy, romance, or action. (If you're looking for a suspenseful horror movie you're gonna have a bad time.) While Warm Bodies offers a small bit of action, a few warm chuckles, and quite a bit of romance, it excels most as being a socially aware allegory that reaches out to a wide audience because of its incorporation of zombies, which seem to be big ticket sellers of todays pop culture. While the two main character's names, and a balcony scene, alludes to a certain Shakespearian play, the zombie's awkward behavior and inability to communicate with one another, the human's fear and hostility towards the zombies, the exclusive walled city the humans live in, and the dark, looming shadow of the "bonies" are all articles of a deep allegory which I can't really tell you about without using spoilers.