Warm Bodies

M
2013
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98 mins
Trailer
Poster for Warm Bodies

Zombie rom-com starring Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) as a bummed-out living dead who falls for the living girlfriend of... More

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Warm Bodies is available to stream in New Zealand now... More on Google Play and Apple TV Store and Academy On Demand and AroVision.

Warm Bodies | Ratings & Reviews

"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."

Flicks, Steve NewallFlicks

"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."

VarietyVariety

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

Total FilmTotal Film

"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."

Time OutTime Out

"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."

Time MagazineTime Magazine

"An improbable romance sweetened with appealing performances and buoyed by one of the better cute meets in recent romantic comedy ..."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"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."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"In doing a little genre bending of romantic schmaltz and horror cheese - some fundamental zombie mythology is turned on its head - the film breathes amusing new life into both."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"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."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"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."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"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."

Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-Times

Warm Bodies | Details

Rating
M, contains violence & horror
Runtime
98
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country of origin
USA