You’ve heard of rom-coms of course, but Warm Bodies was a
first for me, a zom rom-com. Yes, even
zombies can feel remorse and fall in
love. I know that now after watching this film.
It shows us the other side of the equation, a film from the zombie’s
perspective. It was about time.
This is a refreshing change from the rest of the movies in which a
zombie is just part of a nameless lumbering, unthinking mass army.
Nicholas Hoult is awkward yet adorable as the
confused ‘R’, a corpse on his way to becoming a zombie. In the film’s universe, there are three
categories, humans, corpses and Bonies who are literally feral skeletons who
are out for blood. R’s life in limbo is dramatically altered one day when he
meets Julie (Theresa Palmer) during an encounter of humans vs. corpses. He saves her from being eaten and brings her
back to his home (an abandoned airplane) where like Wall-E, he hoards objects
and knick-knacks that fascinate him. He,
of course, is slowly falling in love with her and Julie comes to discover that
not all corpses have lost their humanity.
The film is a clever take on the classic tale of
Shakespeare’s star-crossed romance. It’s
set in a dystopian world where the zombie epidemic has left very few human
survivors and the few that are left alive are quarantined off. Julie’s father Colonel Grigio (John
Malkovich) is the paranoid and overprotective leader of the few that remain. Julie’s and R’s friends Nora (Analeigh Tipton) and M (Rob
Corddry) are more than just the clichéd best friend even as they add to the
comic relief in the film. R’s narration
of his inner thoughts is witty and ultimately touching. The film also has a terrific soundtrack. I really enjoyed this new take on the
rom-coms. I say, bring it on! I’m looking at you now, Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies.
Directed by Jonathan Levine; Screenplay by Jonathan Levine;
Based on the novel by Isaac Marion; Cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe;
Editing by Nancy Richardson; Music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
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