Fresh
Mixing horror and humor is no mean feat, but Shaun Of The Dead tightens throats in fear without making the laughs stick there in the process.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Shaun of the Dead
A romantic comedy. With zombies.
2004 · 1h 39m · R
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Edgar Wright
Overview
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The pasty, scruffy Pegg shows a surprising amount of range for the unlikely hero of a zombie flick.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Rotten
The movie bogs down and the humor seems to dry up, though the blood continues to well, spurt and spew.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Fresh
The cast make a cosy fit, the patter is still sitcom snappy, but Wright also has the visual snap to carry this saga of backyard apocalypse.
Nick Bradshaw, Time Out
Fresh
The zombie-movie genre already has some wink-wink funny entries, but this U.K. smash hit, written by Pegg and Wright, takes the prize. It's a bloody hoot.
Devin Gordon, Newsweek
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