Zombies CAN be Funny and Romantic

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2013)

A Zombie finds love in the shape of a victim's girlfriend and feels something 'stirring'. Underneath the smart Alec jokes, grim setting and Zombie 'frolics' what you have here is basically a morality play that proves the old adage that 'love conquers all'. The film starts off in familiar Zombie Apocalypse territory with hordes of the reanimated shuffling around an airport then we meet Hoult's 'R' a Zombie clearly struggling with his new found place in things. The most refreshing part of the film is not the Zombies and the Land of the Dead-esque situation but the blossoming love story between the leads which is handled brilliantly and sets up the ending very well. All in all a good 'Rom-com' that plays on its strengths but will probably annoy the hell out of hard bitten (heh) Zombie fans.