Director: Jeff Baena
Writer: Jeff Baena (Screenplay)
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, Anna Kendrick, Eva La Dare, Thomas McDonell
Plot: A young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Slow but Original Comedy
Story: Life After Beth starts with the funeral of Beth (Plaza), we have her old boyfriend Zach (DeHaan) with her parent Maury (Reilly) and Geenie (Shannon). Zach is staying on connect with Beth’s family as they are grieving together wondering if they said the right things on their last meeting.
When Zach discover that Beth is still alive and that her parents are keeping her secret, well she has come back from the dead and the three don’t know what to do with the situation. As the three try to keep Beth a secret they have to work out whether to tell her and the rest of the neighbourhood. As time goes on Beth starts getting a craving for human flesh but can the young couple make this work out, when all the dead start coming back from the dead.
Life After Beth tries to bring the rom com zom back to the front running but like most it just doesn’t work very well, I think I would have enjoyed this is only Beth had come back from the dead but having all the dead people coming back doesn’t make sense. I did like the opening half of the film but then things just went to over the top for me and ends up just feeling like a plan old not sure what to do with zombies around. As I stated if this had just stayed with Beth coming back I would have enjoyed this but it just goes too much in the second half. (5/10)
Actor Review
Aubrey Plaza: Beth Slocum has died, but she doesn’t stay dead because she comes back from the dead, she moves back in with her parents who keep her a secret. She tries to restart the relationship with Zach but she ends up becoming obsessive to everything he does as she slowly starts to get thee craving for human flesh. Aubrey does a good job as the ever changing dead girlfriend. (7/10)
Dane DeHaan: Zach Orfman is the boyfriend of Beth who is grieving until he finds out she has come back from the dead. He sees this as a chance to make up for the things said wrong before she died but soon things get out of hand. Dane enters comedy for the first time and sometimes does look out of place with his timing. (6/10)
John C Reilly: Maury Slocum is the father of Beth and once she comes back he wants to keep her safe so he can spend as much time as possible with her in case she dies again. John give most of the funny lines through the film. (7/10)
Molly Shannon: Geenie Slocum is the mother of Beth who gets to capture more photos before she goes again. Molly gives us her normal overprotective mother performance which we are used to seeing. (6/10)
Support Cast: Life After Beth has a supporting cast that all react to different to the zombie outbreak.
Director Review: Jeff Baena – Jeff tries to give us another twist on the zombie romance which starts off nicely before taking a nose dive. (5/10)
Comedy: Life After Beth has a couple of laughs but not enough to be a strong comedy. (5/10)
Horror: Life After Beth doesn’t have enough of the horror elements for my liking where it tries to focus on the other genres too much. (3/10)
Romance: Life After Beth tries to play the romance card by giving our lead a second chance with his lost love. (5/10)
Settings: Life After Beth keeps the settings inside of a small town making it feel like it is just bad day in the town. (7/10)
Special Effects: Life After Beth has good effects but doesn’t really need them too much. (5/10)
Suggestion: Life After Beth is one to try but don’t be miss lead by the trailer like I was. (Try It)
Best Part: Cooker scene.
Worst Part: Extra zombies.
Funniest Scene: Beth tied to cooker.
Believability: No (0/10)
Chances of Tears: No (0/10)
Chances of Sequel: No
Post Credits Scene: No
Similar Too: Warm Bodies
Oscar Chances: No
Budget: $2.4 Million
Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes
Tagline: Some girls just want to watch the world burn.
Overall: Disappointing comedy that need more laughs, romance and horror
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