The daffy, innately British joke that propels the cheeky U.K. comedy hit Shaun of the Dead is that although real zombies have risen up -- slacker wankers Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his best pal and roommate, Ed (Nick Frost), are too slack, wankerish, and blitheringly British to notice.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The movie's wonderfully original, fast-moving and funny.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
If the zombie genre steadfastly refuses to die, we can be grateful to Shaun of the Dead for breathing fresh, diverting life into the form, with subtle visual humor and a smart, impish sense of fun.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
By treating the genre as a joke, this satire, whose title plays off George A. Romero's 1979 golden oldie, "Dawn of the Dead," yields ironic dramatic dividends.Read Full Review »
Every moment... is a cleverly constructed live-action joke on aloofness: The world is ending, and these people are too self-centered to notice.Read Full Review »
This gory horror romp is a goofball medley of "Dawn of the Dead," "28 Days Later" . . . , and Monty Python-style severed-limbs/blood-spurting sicko comedy.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I like the way the slacker characters maintain their slothful gormlessness in the face of urgent danger, and I like the way the British bourgeois values of Shaun's mum and dad assert themselves even in the face of catastrophe.Read Full Review »
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