A pleasant little zombie film

Rating: 7/10 (7 November 2015)

On the face of it, 'Warm Bodies' is a very interesting film: one part zombie-action movie, one part comedy-romance, and one part whimsical science fiction. In practice, it isn't quite as interesting as it sounds, because each of three elements is actually quite generic, even though they're cleverly interspersed. Overall, the film has a nice mood, although veering heavily towards the sentimental, supported by the kind of folkie soundtrack that seems to be de-rigour in a certain sort of movie (in spite of the genre-bending, think 'Garden State' and you won't be too far out). And if it seems strange to summarise a zombie flick as pleasant viewing, in this case it's correct call.