A fun ride, nothing more, nothing less

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2010)

This movie got hooked me in in the first 5 minutes or so. The beginning was brilliant. I am not really into zombie-movies, the only decent i saw was 28 days later maybe, but even that doesn't impressed me, it was just OK. I never really liked this genre. I always laughed so hard when i came by a movie like Resident Evil, or Dawn of the Dead, where they wanted to be serious and scary. Well, they never achieved it, at least not for me, it was still funny. I thought if there is a place zombies belong to, it would be in a comedy. And this one is a very good comedy.
Not that kind of comedy in which you will laugh every 20 seconds, but the kind which will make you constantly smile with a couple of real laughter if you get the atmosphere and the tone. And Bill Murray's scenes were hysterically funny.
Yes it had faults, plot holes, stupid things (why do the 2 girls need to STEAL a car when there is plenty around, since the zombies don't drive, how on earth were the zombies able to kill all the army and police and everything when they aren't able to penetrate a small kiosk made of most likely plastic or thin metal), but HELLO everyone, this was a ZOMBIE-COMEDY you know. It wasn't created for and by atom-physicists, this was created for the purpose to entertain, to shut down your brain for 1 hour and 20 minutes. If you seek that kind of entertainment tune in, otherwise why do you even bother with an (i repeat slowly...) Z.O.M.B.I.E-C.O.M.E.D.Y???....
And beside that it had a little heart and a little brains in it too. The rules (don't get fat, exercise, know your way out, ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS, etc.) and the final message (don't be a loner go out sometimes and have friends) were very-very important and positive, because many-many young kids will see this movie, and i think this is a way better message then for example: eat fast food and play WoW don't you think??? And the romance wasn't so annoying either, it wasn't really good, but it was bearable. And the characters were great too, one-sided: YES, but still very likable.
This movie will not "make life simple or innocent again", but if you want some easy fun, I strongly recommend it.