Zombieland, USA

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2009)

I just came back from the film. Being a big fan of zombies I'd been looking forward to Zombieland for some months, watching each trailer and trying to keep my expectations somewhere in the middle as to not ruin the experience.
The film is hilarious and everyone in my theater seemed to be enjoying themselves. The movie provided plenty of laughs and plenty of jumps for those not used to Zombie movies. Like many comedies this one doesn't take itself too seriously and breaking the fourth wall is common practice, there are little reminders everywhere that this is just a ride to be enjoyed. The runtime of the film is just over an hour but as you watch you'll realize just how much humor, heart, and gore is crammed into that 80 minutes.
Using zombies as a back drop to deal with human social interaction and dropping a coming of age story into a zombie apocalypse. Everything is there in balance.
If there is one flaw to the movie it is undoubtedly its overuse of narration by the main character and it wasn't until a little later in the film, when his constant interruptions were few and far between, that I felt truly immersed in the film. Its an extremely solid zombie comedy and a plain old good time for anyone who loves the undead.