Rotten
This indie exercise is so stultifying you might want to check your own pulse.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fido
Good dead are hard to find
2006 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Directed by
Andrew Currie
Overview
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
Director and cast
- Andrew Currie Director
- Billy Connolly as Fido
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Helen Robinson
- Dylan Baker as Bill Robinson
- Kesun Loder as Timmy Robinson
- Henry Czerny as Jonathan Bottoms
- Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Theopolis
- Sonja Bennett as Tammy
- Alexia Fast as Cindy Bottoms
- Aaron Brown as Roy Fraser
- Brandon Olds as Stan Fraser
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a one-gag movie that starts off clever and cute, but wears thin after half an hour, and ultimately is like an excruciating Enzyte commercial for an hour and a half.
Mark Rahner, Seattle Times
Fresh
The movie's breezy, blood-flecked entertainment, with no aim other than to give you a giggle and a shriek.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
Fido is a one-joke movie with some good performances and a few good gross-out moments. But it's not dark enough or sick enough to be a cult favorite.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
A zombie comedy that feels late to the bloody punch bowl. Yet the real hindrance here isn't bad timing, but the movie's tiresomely chirpy 1950s Father Knows Best setting, which wears out its welcome in seconds.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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