ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

mrsaffleck-2 This is a truly terrible movie. Do not watch It is slow, boring and just generally bad. I wanted to turn it off after 20 minutes but my partner wanted to see it through. All the actors seem to be as bored as I was. Warm bodies, Burying the ex, Shaun of the dead all much better options.

DogFilmCritic I liked it I really did ,it was not was I expected but I'm a fan of Audrey Plaza so if she is in it I'll watch it.It's a refreshing look at the overdone zombie movies lately, as this movie merged comedy, romance, and horror and it was done right using a unique look to it as it knows what it is and it's not over the top or forcing jokes it tries to tell a story using different genres , it's a fun movie to watch and as I said Audrey Plaza steals the show and makes it way more enjoyable, one of those movies that can become a guilty pleasure.Yes Shaun of the dead made it way better that I'll agree still I liked it and made me laugh and this was way better than the painful Warm Bodies. I recommend this one.

TdSmth5 Some kid is depressed. It takes this movie a while to bother telling us what the hell is going on. Turns out his girlfriend died from a snakebite while hiking. The kid gets along with the girl's parents and spends his time at their place. After he doesn't get a call from them for a couple of days he decides to stop by at their place and finds the girl, Beth, inside. He barges in and she just receives him as if nothing had happened. He visits her tomb and sure enough the hole is dug up and empty. Her parents won't let her leave anywhere. Eventually the guy escapes with her at night and takes her to the beach where she turns violent for no reason. She develops some ugly rash on her face. She becomes more and more violent.Eventually there's an outbreak of zombies and some guys start taking them out. Of course our guy keeps going back to Beth again and again and again pretending she's just normal. Eventually he finally realizes he has to take action.Yes, Life After Beth is different and somewhat original. But a movie can be different in good ways and bad ways, and there's really nothing good about this one. I guess it's supposed to be a romantic horror comedy or some such nonsense using/abusing the zombie genre as is apparently obligatory in Hollywood these days. It's not romantic, not funny, not scary. Whatever deep thoughts the writer and director claimed to have had as inspiration (Blake and Derrida) it sure doesn't come across at all in the final product. Life of Beth was a waste of resources and energy by the crew. And to think that countless good scripts get no chance. This movie is also a waste of time for the viewer unless you like watching pointless movies with lots of hysteric screaming.

Robert Thompson (justbob1982) Version: Grimm Up North festival screeningActors: 7/10Plot/script: 7/10Photography/visual style: 7/10Music/score: 7/10Overall: 7/10It's astonishing how broad the range can be even within a sub-genre of films. Life After Beth is best described as a 'horror comedy', and yet it is completely different to other horror comedies I saw on the very same day.The comedy comes from the situation, not the characters, who are played pretty straight. Beth (Aubrey Plaza) comes back from the dead, forcing her boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan) and parents (John C Reilly and Molly Shannon) to confront their grief and the conflicted feelings they have about her and their lives with her. Over the film, her behaviour becomes more abnormal, and other undead appear, causing increasing chaos.The pacing and balance of the film are remarkably well managed. Plaza does a great job with her performance, slowly showing increasing signs of deterioration from ordinary teenage girl to mindless zombie, and each other character's reaction to the bizarre situation is shown to be ridiculous at one point or another. I note that director Jeff Baena's main other contribution to film is co-writing the script for David O. Russell's surreal comedy 'I Heart Huckabees', and I think he should really be seen as a writer who has taken up directing.Lots of ideas are explored through Life After Beth, such as grief and the way our memories change as time passes. There is a little bit of action and tension, but mainly this is a melancholic, thoughtful piece which brings humour out of the behaviour of normal people in an abnormal situation. It's a writer's film, and an actor's film, and I found it rather touching as well as entertaining.