Rotten
This is a serious, austere film that feels as if it's barely restraining the B-movie within. In the end, it fights itself to a draw.
Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail
The Returned
Neither Zombies Nor Humans
2013 · 1h 38m
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Manuel Carballo
Overview
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Carballo also fails to capitalize on the climate of paranoia the script attempts to engender throughout.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Rotten
Pivotal scenes dive too deep into melodrama, and there's something inevitably sterile about a script that includes only scenes that propel the plot or provide obvious foreshadowing.
Tomas Hachard, NPR
Rotten
Though an admirable shake-up of the typically overbearing, munch-intensive undead yarn, "The Returned" is still a far cry from the smarts-and-shocks zombie allegories George Romero mastered.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Carballo squeezes an impressive amount of exposition into news reports and medical briefings, but Holden-Ried's and Hampshire's performances are what ground the film ...
Rob Staeger, Village Voice
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