There's nothing wrong with a little light comedy after a zombie apocalypse leaves humanity utterly devastated. But there's nothing very smart about it either.
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10/01/09
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Zombieland (2009)
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Reviews Counted:192
Fresh:171
Rotten:21
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.
Rated: 15 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:09-10-2009
Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie-slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee... [More]
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Reviews for Zombieland
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Fleischer never lets Zombieland tip over into drama for too long, because the overriding mission here is to laugh in the face of the apocalypse.
10/01/09
Debuting director Fleischer's action-and-innards-drenched film dials it all up to 11 from the opening credits sequence.
10/01/09
A superior zombie comedy - and the competition in that genre is stiffer than you might think.
10/01/09
It's a horror-comedy done proper, taking a far more endearing, freewheeling stance when it comes to busting open the undead, revealing there's still some life left in the densely populated zombie genre.
10/01/09
Nothing more than a Troma schlockfest with a bigger budget, but it boasts an amusing script, a quick tempo and...a cast that milks the madness for all it's worth.
10/01/09
[O]utrageously violent and outrageously funny... plays up what could be its most shocking moment with exactly the right blend of impudence and absurdity and tragi-comedy...
10/01/09
Who would have guessed such a funny movie as Zombieland could be made around zombies? No thanks to the zombies.
10/01/09
Top CriticZombieland takes full advantage of both possibilities of the species as well as the current boom in zombiephilia.
10/01/09
Uses the undead the way a similarly glib, flashy comedy might use cheerleading or football -- as pure window dressing.
09/30/09
Who knew the end of the world would be a great opportunity to meet chicks?
09/30/09
The secret in this case is the jokes, which are ferocious. Marrying a monster flick with an adolescent romance has produced a merry mutant.
09/30/09
Somehow rises above the Hot Topic-ization of its subject matter and becomes an absolute, occasionally surreal hoot.
09/30/09
Zombieland mostly finds that tricky balance of the laugh-out-loud funny and the make-you-jump scary, of deadpan laughs and intense energy.
09/30/09
Eisenberg and Harrelson make a fine post-apocalyptic Hope and Crosby, zinging their way through set pieces of undead destruction.
09/30/09
Zombieland is the funniest zombie movie since Shawn of the Dead, funnier even than Fido! This is a 28 Days Later played for laughs -- lots of them, endless jokes, one-liners and sight gags.
09/30/09
Zombieland doesn't find quite the same balance of laughs and scares as Shaun of the Dead did -- it's much heavier on the comedy than the horror -- but its similar focus on three-dimensional characters rather than the genre's typical cardboar
09/30/09
Zombieland skimps on nothing. That includes graphic violence, naturally. But just because you don't need a lot more brain power than the zombies employ to enjoy it doesn't mean you won't enjoy it plenty.
09/30/09
The movie isn’t particularly scary -- not a crime when your goal is laughs. More egregious is the niggling fact that this simply isn’t as witty as Shaun of the Dead, forever the yuks-meet-yucks standard.
09/30/09
It has a lot more in common with Little Miss Sunshine than just Abigail Breslin.
09/29/09
Latest News for Zombieland
December 01, 2009:
Director Ruben Fleischer Talks Zombieland
There are so many movies in the zombie genre that it would seem almost impossible to make something that feels fresh -- yet that's just what Ruben Fleischer has done with his... More...
November 27, 2009:
Weekly Ketchup: Zombieland 2 in 3D?
Hollywood has mostly taken the week off for Thanksgiving, so that they can all enjoy their vegan turduckens down by the pool, no doubt. Nature abhors a vacuum however (even... More...
November 25, 2009:
Woody Harrelson Will Battle Zombies in 3-D 
Ready for a "Zombieland" sequel? According to director Ruben Fleischer, you'll most likely see one soon...and it'll be in 3-D. More...
November 24, 2009:
Five Favorite Films With Zombieland Director Ruben Fleischer
Filmmaker Ruben Fleischer is having a very good 2009. The former music video director has seen his debut feature, Zombieland, open at number one at the US box office and take in... More...
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