The only quibble is that unlike a classic horror comedy such as An American Werewolf in London, Zombieland goes for the laughs over providing any genuine scares.
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12/02/09
Zombieland (2009)
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Reviews Counted:201
Fresh:179
Rotten:22
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $75,590,286
Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie-slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee... [More]
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Reviews for Zombieland
Top CriticZombie comedies have been plentiful since the British-made Shaun of the Dead five years ago, but none has been as funny as Zombieland.
12/02/09
Top CriticYes, it's charming, well shot and funny, but there are no real scares to be found.
12/01/09
Top CriticThe one-liners and rapid-fire jokes pull Zombieland back in line when the love hearts begin to fill the screen.
11/30/09
Top CriticIf you want escapism with a capital F for fun, Zombieland is it to a T (with a Zee).
11/30/09
Top CriticEmbora não tão inteligente quanto Todo Mundo Quase Morto ou tão engraçado quanto Débi & Lóide, Zumbilândia acaba se estabelecendo como uma mistura improvável destes dois ótimos filmes.
01/30/10
This is proof that horror movies can really be funny. It wasn't just the violent humor, but the little sidetrips for twinkies and Bill Murray's zombie makeup that sent this film into zombie heaven. Murray's best line is if he had any regrets and he said
01/22/10
¿A quién se le ocurrió que a los fanáticos del cine de zombies se los iba a conformar con una breve aparición de Bill Murray y una cita a Los Cazafantasmas? ¡Un poco más de respeto!
01/20/10
A constantly clever comedy whose characters have amusingly direct motives (i.e. Tallahassee wants a Twinkie above all else) that disguise some genuine losses.
12/17/09
Great, snappy fun, featuring, by way of a nice change, characters you genuinely do not want to see get chomped.
12/16/09
Wildly implausible, slightly scary and plot-lite though Zombieland is, it stands to add a few comic bons mots to popular parlance.
12/16/09
Top CriticScattershot but sharp, this postapocalyptic road comedy gives Shaun of the Dead a run for its money.
12/16/09
Zombieland is a road movie, a little meta-commentary on zombie movie mayhem, and an extremely violent and pretty funny comedy.
12/15/09
The film involves such gratuitous, juicy spatter, Dexter Morgan would have a field day.
12/06/09
Over-laid with a strain of ironic humour that’s deliciously ridiculous.
12/02/09
Top CriticA wickedly witty, post-apocalyptic zombie kill-fest that is actually smarter than it is gory, which, of course, it is.
12/02/09
Recommended zom com. You'll never look at cardiovascular workouts in the same way again!
11/24/09
Zombieland does well enough in its early minutes, then picks up a little unexpected speed when Columbus meets another "noncannibal survivor" (played by a perfect Woody Harrelson).
11/19/09
Director Ruben Fleischer eventually ignores the need to tie things up neatly in favor of what we came to Zombieland for, creative ways to kill zombies.
11/09/09
Zombieland is, in essence, Shaun's clumsy, goofy but fun-as-hell American cousin.
11/07/09
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