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Warm Bodies 2013

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Cold body, warm heart.

Zombie rom-com starring Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) as a bummed-out living dead who falls for the living girlfriend of one of his victims. Also stars John Malkovich, Rob Corddry and Dave Franco. From the director of 50/50, based on the debut novel by Isaac Marion. More

Zombies dominate the planet after a worldwide epidemic, as chronicled by undead narrator 'R' (Hoult) whose inner monologue is thankfully more articulate than his outward grunting vocabulary. When R encounters human Julie (Teresa Palmer) and rescues her from an attack, he forms a unique connection with her - a relationship that has the potential to transform an almost lifeless world. But first R will have to win Julie over with his rather limited zombie dating abilities, as well as gain the approval of her father Grigio (Malkovich), leader of a heavily fortified outpost of human survivors. Then there are the vicious undead known as "bonies" to worry about. Hide

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    • retro33

      lol fun, looks like a laugh

    • Matt

      looks funny!!

    • Stew

      Wasn't sure about this at first but it looks like it could be good

    • MovieWench

      Yes yes yes nicholas hoult yes yes brit zombies with a twist... lightning strikes twice. :-)

    • Kirk

      Fantastic take on the zombie formula, looks very entertaining

    • Ronny

      Twillight zombies awesome :P

    • alex

      This looks bloody brilliant!

    • shiftbutton

      Okay, that looks good.

    • JamesN

      The cure for zombies is love, who would have thought. Looks awesome and funny too.

    • reetz

      lol lol so see this, good to have a good zombie laugh...

    • rachael k

      I cant see a zombie guy as being Hot though .. not like modern vamps lol

    • rachael k

      Yeah Id prob see it but I cant see a zombie as being Hot though .. they would never be edward cullen or damon salvatore ....

    • Esta*

      LOVE IT!! Looks SO FUNNY!

    • Dead Fred

      This looks fantastic, a fresh take on a heavily used but still enjoyable theme. Can't wait!

    • alibalibee

      looks a hoot!

    • bryce

      damn, the zombies are turning into ET - what kind of second rate Apocalypse would that be ?

    • steve

      weesnaw

    • MDR

      Something original from the Zombie genre -looks like a hoot! hoot!!

    • The Critic

      Looks funny, clever, cool. A 'horror' classic in the making

    • movie master

      great movie

    • Kim

      It's a greatmovie.i want to see it :)

    • Zac

      Thought this was going to look terrible but I'm glad I clicked on it - could this be some hope I feel?

    • Emma

      Really looking forward to seeing this film.

    • krazey

      WERID!!!

    • daryl

      good twist , I wanna watch

    • kat

      Unfortunately this movie doesnt come out in oz till the 11.03, I so want to see it on the 1st of feb like everyone else

    • Lissy

      fresh idea, finally a teen romance with out vampires....... zombie time!!

    • wallace

      I don't want to have to wait until April for it to come out here

    • chelsea

      I really want to see this movie looks very cool :)

    • penisland

      hope its not r rated

    • Michelle

      This looks great can't wait to see it! :D

    • The Bro

      Wish it came out sooner then April!!

    • Shadow

      AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

    • Zoella

      Ugh when will they upload the movie times?! #HURRYUP.

    • Nerine

      Just saw the preview in Perth...loved it, had some funny moments :-)

    • syble

      I am so going to see this tomorrow. It looks great.

    • Keen movie goer

      Very poor marketing.Scary movie 5 also opens on April 10th

    • Zed

      Saw it, reviewer from national radio rated it. Quirky but exceedingly boring. The voice over get tired very quickly...

    • Sophie

      This movie looks awesome, might be watching 2day

    • Lauren

      I've seen the trailer about 20 times I REALLY WANT TO SEE IT!!

    • Kim

      Might be alright :D

    • Danny

      hahahaha this is sooo funny love it

    • blubber

      looks awesome

    • shayla

      cool

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Steve Newall Flicks Writer

Director Jonathan Levine proved adept at blending various tones with previous films 50/50 and The Wackness, both of which struck a fine balance between drama and comedy and marked him as the right fellow to helm “rom-com-zom” Warm Bodies. As that description suggests, Warm Bodies could have been a complicated mess of a film in the wrong hands, but Levine brings this tale to life without it becoming overwhelmingly jarring. More

Levine’s job is made substantially easier by lead Nicolas Hoult who takes on the risky juggle of amusing self-aware narration and slackjawed zombie shuffle and succeeds, even if this is one of the many aspects of the film likely to rub hardcore horror fans up the wrong way. Warm Bodies isn’t one for folks who know the zombie rulebook (or pamphlet, really) inside-out, and just as likely to prove off-putting to some is the pic’s power-of-love storyline. This requires such a major suspension of disbelief that to some it’ll seem unbearably hokey, whereas if you’re in the mood for its schmaltzy conceit as I was, then you’re on track for an enjoyable, if slight, experience.

Thankfully not making too much of its star-crossed sort-of-lovers being called “R” and “Julie” besides the odd gag, Warm Bodies doesn’t go in the Shakespearian direction I despaired it was going to for a minute. Between this and the film’s use of the well-worn zombie phenomenon, the film taps into various pop culture elements rather than feeling like it is jumping on any particular bandwagon. But with more romantic mushiness than the brain-chomping kind, it ain’t for everyone. Hide

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A Sweet movie for Two or More

jaynine A-Lister (?)

The movie is adorable - as in, its a perfect movie to watch with groups of friends after a hard week of classes. It's a fairly predictable film and its a very sweet cotton-candy of a film. In a way it seems more like a Disney film (with a bit of horror content) where the Power of Love triumphs all. Overall I did like Warm Bodies because I was in the mood to watch a predictable, romantic, bright, adorable film with a happy ending that contrasted with my miserable life.

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Press Reviews

Chicago Sun-Times (Richard Roeper)

A well-paced, nicely directed, post-apocalyptic love story with a terrific sense of humor and the, um, guts to be unabashedly romantic and unapologetically optimistic. Full review.

Empire (UK)

Somewhere between the pop-culture deconstruction of "Zombieland" and the skewed romance of "(500) Days Of Summer," this manages to make the apocalypse seem charming. Warm is the right word. Full review.

Guardian (UK)

Zombie-ism in the movies is traditionally inspected for metaphorical qualities. Here it could simply be that we males are emotionally dead… until love revives us. Full review.

Time (USA)

An inventive charmer that visits all the typical movie scenarios of young love amid chaos and disaster, but with a new dimension: one of the romantic leads is a zombie. Full review.

Time Out New York

Warm Bodies wants us to believe in the transformative power of love, but what of Julie's poor, devoured boyfriend? There's Stockholm syndrome, and then there's cozying up to the monster who ate your sweetheart. Full review.

Total Film (UK)

A Frankenstein’s monster of comedy, romance and horror that’s less than its parts, Warm Bodies entertains but underwhelms. Full review.

Variety (USA)

Hoping to do for flesh-eaters what "The Twilight Saga" did for vampires, albeit on a smaller scale, writer-director Jonathan Levine spins Isaac Marion's novel into a broadly appealing date movie about a zombified Romeo and his lively Juliet. Full review.

Hollywood Reporter

This character-driven genre meld could have used more edge and energy, and less obvious message-mongering, but it scores in terms of atmosphere, humor and charm. Full review.