A clever kind of documentary hybrid.
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10/18/08
American Zombie (2007)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:13
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: Filmmakers Grace Lee (The Grace Lee Project) and John Solomon (Nonsense Man) team up to shoot a documentary about high-functioning zombies living in Los Angeles and their struggles to gain... [More]
Starring: Austin Basis, Suzy Nakamura, Al Vicente, Jane Edith Wilson
Director: Grace Lee
Reviews for American Zombie
1 - 18 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
[Director] Lee covers all bases and when we least expect it, she also manages to sneak in a creepy zombie flick...
07/08/08
American Zombie is hands-down the best film I've seen so far this year.
04/02/08
Proves that there's still lots of humor and insight to be found in the walking dead.
04/02/08
Lee wants to make an up-with-dead-people portrait that shines light on how the diverse zombie community integrates into the city.
03/31/08
Besides managing to be a statement on racism, a parody of a documentary, and an enjoyable character conflict between two egotistical directors, it's also a straight up zombie comedy!
03/29/08
Quippy send up of identity politics documentaries offers some occasionally biting moments.
03/28/08
American Zombie works on several levels of satire.
03/27/08
It is essentially a one-joke premise and while it might have played beautifully as a 30-minute short subject, there just isn't enough to it to sustain itself as a 90-minute feature.
03/27/08
Lee's film proves that it's a genre as viable as ever, endlessly flexible and perpetually illuminating.
03/27/08
The best zombie movies shock us into a realization about ourselves and the world in which we live, but how much can zombies teach us when their world so closely resembles 1995?
03/27/08
A cleverly-comedic, high-concept adventure, artfully-executed, and thought-provoking, too!
03/25/08
Performances vary widely in quality. Some of the "experts" who expound on zombie culture are portrayed by such amateurish actors that the film threatens to collapse.
03/24/08
Top CriticThe film satirizes well-intentioned socially conscious documentaries, examining how zombies have been integrated into the general population. It has a rewarding last half hour if the viewer can wait it out.
03/14/08
If you're looking for zombie horror, this is not the film for you (not enough gut-ripping and arm-chewing), but if you're looking for zombie fun, check it out.
05/29/07
Doesn't add much to the contemporary zombie genre or even the horror comedy genre but does provide light entertainment, especially if you like jokes about filmmaking.
04/04/07
If Lee intended primarily to spoof documentary conventions, she should have chosen a theme less commercially overexposed -- and worked harder at making it more than just sorta-kinda humorous.
03/23/07
Top CriticThe mere fact that [director Grace] Lee can make both a media satire and, in the end, a creepy horror flick, while at least alluding to bigger social issues, suggests the breadth of her wit and intelligence.
01/24/07
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