WarmBodies is a romzomcom, telling the story of ‘R’ who is a zombie but with aninternal monologue who, whilst on a hunt with his crew for humans to eat,stumbles across Julie who, after eating the brains of her dead boyfriend,develops feelings for her and starts becoming more human again, leading areturn to humanity for the zombies before a battle between them, the humans andthe ‘bonies’, zombie skeletons too far gone to change.
Ifyou’re expecting a Twilight-esque lovey-dovey story from ‘Warm Bodies’ then you’llbe disappointed. Though it is a loose adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, it’smore funny than lovey. The opening ten minutes built around the internal monologueof ‘R’ – a style of presentation that comes back throughout the film –establishes the humour well and has several laugh-out-loud moments. It’s partzombie action film, part teenage romance, part awkward-date movie, all rolledinto one and the concept, based on a novel really works. Some of the best bitsare spoilt in the trailer but there are lots of funny moments that aren’t, sodon’t worry too much about that.
Italso pokes fun at its own genre at several points, much needed in a media that’scurrently saturated with zombies in the cinema, on television and in videogames.
Thecast really gel together and the story is rounded off by some well-placedflashbacks and even though I still can’t not think about Pascal Sauvage and hisbad French accent every time I see John Malkovich on screen, he adds a starname to the cast. Nicholas Hoult and Rob Corddry were great in the film andnailed the zombie acting, and Teresa Palmer as R’s love interest was equallyenjoyable.
Alongsidethe sweet natured and funny plot, there’s actually a lot of surprisingly welldone CGI in the film based around the bonies, even if they do have a similarresemblance to the alien in ‘Signs’. There are several tense action sequencesbut it’s the humour – sometimes obvious, mostly subtle – and the relationshipsbetween the zombies that make the film, in particular between R and “best-friend”M.
There’sa little bit of something for everyone in the film from gory action sequencesto spot-on humour, to some romance, and though it may lose a little momentum inits middle-third, was a very enjoyable film with several laugh-out loud momentsthat cement it as a great film. Definitely a movie I’d like to see again.
WarmBodies – 8/10
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