When his girlfriend Beth is killed by a snakebite while hiking, Zach is distraught and seeks to deal with his grief by forging closer ties with Beth's parents. They start avoiding him and Zach discovers that it is because Beth has returned, seemingly normal apart from some memory loss. However, as time goes on, Beth begins to deteriorate in more ways than one...
This zomromcom boasts a great idea and a terrific cast, and is the sort of film I should have loved. So why am I lukewarm about it? Because it simply isn't very well done, and the fault lies in the writing. It has an air about it of being improvised by actors who are terrific at acting but not very good at improvising. If it was substantially improvised, then that was an error of judgement on the part of the director – Jeff Baena. On the other hand, if the film is played as scripted, then the fault lies with the scriptwriter – Jeff Baena. The film is slow to get started, it is not especially horrifying, it is not particularly funny, and it certainly isn't very romantic. Sadly, it is a squandering of excellent resources on a lot of wasted potential.
Despite the odd chuckle and the presence of Aubrey Plaza, this was a major disappointment.
This zomromcom boasts a great idea and a terrific cast, and is the sort of film I should have loved. So why am I lukewarm about it? Because it simply isn't very well done, and the fault lies in the writing. It has an air about it of being improvised by actors who are terrific at acting but not very good at improvising. If it was substantially improvised, then that was an error of judgement on the part of the director – Jeff Baena. On the other hand, if the film is played as scripted, then the fault lies with the scriptwriter – Jeff Baena. The film is slow to get started, it is not especially horrifying, it is not particularly funny, and it certainly isn't very romantic. Sadly, it is a squandering of excellent resources on a lot of wasted potential.
Despite the odd chuckle and the presence of Aubrey Plaza, this was a major disappointment.