BURYING THE EX is a disappointing outing for director Joe Dante, someone whose older films I enjoy very much indeed. This one's Dante on autopilot; it contains the usual in-jokes, references, old movies playing on television sets, Dick Miller cameos and the like, but the main material is cookie-cutter dumb and there's no real love for the material. It's another teen-style comedy that strives to make fun out of the whole zombie premise, and it simply isn't very successful.
I can only blame the writer for creating such a cast of self-absorbed slackers, from Anton Yelchin's tiresome lead to Alexandra Daddario's airhead love interest and the guy playing the annoying half-brother. The less said about Ashley Greene's overacting the better; let's just say it grates after a few moments. Elsewhere, this is full of the usual dumb, unfunny jokes, gross-out humour and join-the-dots plotting. Dante deserves better.
I can only blame the writer for creating such a cast of self-absorbed slackers, from Anton Yelchin's tiresome lead to Alexandra Daddario's airhead love interest and the guy playing the annoying half-brother. The less said about Ashley Greene's overacting the better; let's just say it grates after a few moments. Elsewhere, this is full of the usual dumb, unfunny jokes, gross-out humour and join-the-dots plotting. Dante deserves better.