Fresh
[A] respectable update.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Director and cast
- Breck Eisner Director
- Timothy Olyphant as David
- Radha Mitchell as Judy
- Joe Anderson as Russell
- Danielle Panabaker as Becca
- Christie Lynn Smith as Deardra Farnum
- Brett Rickaby as Bill Farnum
- Preston Bailey as Nicholas Farnum
- John Aylward as Mayor Hobbs
- Joe Reegan as Pvt. Billy Babcock
- Glenn Morshower as Intelligence Officer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While it loses the charm of Romero's low-budget clunkiness, it is in all other regards superior.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
The incoherence is made all the more disappointing because Eisner displays a great deal of raw talent for the genre's tone and set pieces.
Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Fresh
Unlike Romero's film, what's missing is a trenchant sense of connection to our historical moment.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh
It's kind of crazy, but it's also pretty smart. And if your nervous system can stand it, you should see it.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
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