Product: Zombies Anonymous
Rating: 4.0
the kid has...great potential...!
I was pleasantly surprised at this movie, being in recovery myself. So I was able to understand its humor. Unfortunately the one thing that I thought was a bit overboard was the excessive swearing. My GF is not a prude but when I got it to show her (it had been sometime since i had seen it, & being blessed w/ADHD i sometimes miss out on certain elements of a movie), we maybe watched about 15 mins or so & she finally said enough. It was almost like being in a regular AA mtg at times. If you could remove every other word you can make out something close to what a person is trying to share. I am not judging them. Pls don't get me wrong. I used to swear as much as anyone. When I'd come home from the Marines on leave my mom would always be saying "What did you just say?!" & then it would hit me that I needed to watch my mouth (as an adult she could no longer use the ivory soap on me...i can still taste that stuff & my stomach starts to turn when i near the soap area...i have vivid flashbacks...much like the teargas chambers in bootcamp... :- b/c it was like a 2nd language to me. But now that I don't, I find I am able to say much more in a shorter span (which is always a challenge for us ADH'ers) & people can understand...somewhat...what I am trying to say.Anyways I thought the heroine Angela (Gina Ramsden, who I thought was Holly Hunter at 1st until i took time to put my glasses on & see more clearly, plus once I heard her voice knew it wasnt her, did an excellent job. I thought, for what they had for budget, actors/actresses, etc, I think it is a movie that was good. And maybe I am too idealistic about cutting the swearing, but it is just too prevalent. And for that matter, I am tired of hearing little kids swearing on the screen. They have enough challenge just being allowed to grow up as a child w/o being made to sound like adults. There are countless movies, excellent, where nudity & swearing were not needed to try & sell it as they were great on their own accord.Alas I digress. The boyfriend just never got it, until he finally got it. Bravo for Angela walking away from him in the end. There are a lot of little things that make this a great little movie. The mix of prejudice on both sides of the coin, along w/the extremes of how sides are taken within each side (ie pacifism vs force, within each camp-the living & the...mortally challenged).Pls know that even tho I wish the film did not have all the swearing, I do not hold it against anyone who doesnt hold the same ideals. I do think it is a great little movie w/a very original theme. Have a great day.