Life After Beth (2014)
Starring Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Anna Kendrick
Directed by Jeff Baena
***This film is currently streaming on Amazon Prime***
Girlfriend dies. Boyfriend is sad. Girlfriend suddenly reappears...as a zombie. Chaos ensues with a supposedly comedic purpose. There's not much else to
Life After Beth, a film whose premise shows some promise but fails to generate any laughs. With a supporting cast of adult comedic actors whom I expected to buoy the younger set, the likes of John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, and Paul Reiser are given very little to do. Their reactions to Dane DeHaan's Zach's comedic depression over his girlfriend's death and Aubrey Plaza's frenetic "teenage" zombie Beth are tired and worn, lacking any zip which is what the screenplay is lacking overall. There's possibility here, but this flick is attempting to really play things for laughs (unlike the similarly themed
Warm Bodies which played the romance angle a bit stronger) and it just doesn't deliver in the slightest.
The RyMickey Rating: D+
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