Episode 254: Life After Beth

Life After Beth is a 2014 American zombie comedy film and it has a great cast of Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, John C. Reilly, and Anna Kendrick. 

A young man is shocked to find his deceased girlfriend Beth alive, who is no longer an adorable woman but a walking zombie.

5.7/ 10 on IMDB On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 46% "In spite of Aubrey Plaza's committed performance, Life After Beth remains a sketch-worthy idea that's been uncomfortably stretched to feature length." 

Regarding its classification as a rom zom com

Not very rommie

Despite it starring comedic actors

Molly Shannon from SNL 

Anna Kendrick from Pitch Perfect 

John c Reilly from Step Brothers 

Aubrey plaza from Parks and Recreation 

Paul Reiser from Mad about You and My Two Dads 

It wasn’t all that commie

It was a bit zommie

However

It was still good in places. I do find Dane DeHaan in the same category as Scarlet Johansen, the dull monotone voice and lack of emotion. I don’t have a problem with him, and I've liked him in some movies, but if I am looking at comparing this to say Burying the Ex, Anton Yelchin did a far better job. 

I tell you what it was, I was expecting this to be like The Voices, or some other movie where we follow the sad lead, who is mourning, and everyone else thinks he going mad, and he actually is. Maybe he killed the people he sees. Maybe he even killed Beth, kinda twist. Like…. The Voices.

As a zombie movie, the elements are there, as a rom zom com, they are there just not done in a comedic enough way. A waste really of the talents of all involved.

6/10