After a break up, Jenny moves in with writer Kelly, her filmmaker husband, and their child. Despite a rocky start, Jenny's influence helps Kelly realize that an evolution in her life, career and relationship is necessary for her happiness.
Director:
Joe Swanberg
Stars:
Anna Kendrick,
Melanie Lynskey,
Mark Webber
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
A hike alone in the woods ends tragically for Beth Slocum with a fatal snake bite. Her death leaves her parents and boyfriend Zach reeling. After the funeral, Zach tries to make friends with Mr. and Mrs. Slocum, but even they reject him, and he's determined to figure out why. Then he sees Beth. Her parents are trying to keep her resurrection a secret, but zombie Beth provides Zach with the opportunity to do everything with her that he didn't get to do while she was still alive. But with Beth's increasingly erratic behavior and even more strange occurrences around town, life with the undead Beth proves to be particularly complicated for her still-living loved ones. Written by
Anne Campbell
(at around 5 mins) When Zach and Maury are playing a game of chess, the black square is in the bottom right corner when it should be the white square. See more »
Quotes
Erica Wexler:
I'm so sorry about Beth, by the way. Your mom talked to my mom about it.
Zach Orfman:
I used to really want her to come back.
Erica Wexler:
Of course.
Zach Orfman:
But things are really complicated between us, you know? Like kind of fucked up.
Erica Wexler:
Right.
Zach Orfman:
Now, I just kind of wish she would stay dead.
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Yes, it's another zombie film. There are so many these day that they kind of all merge into one, therefore anything that actually stands out among the B-movies that have gone straight to DVD is actually quite rare. 'Life After Beth' is okay. Nothing more. However, when compared to its current crop of rivals, it's actually not all that bad.
Zach's girlfriend, Beth, dies and he's naturally heartbroken. Although, it's not all bad as she comes back. She's welcomed back by her grieving parents who are quite happy to put aside the 'hows and the whys' of her resurrection, just so long as they've got their child back. But, as you probably can guess, having a reanimated corpse as a close family member is a recipe for disaster.
Yes, she starts out okay to begin with her slight loss of memory surrounding her untimely demise can easily be blagged. But it doesn't take too long before she's pulling apart small buildings and getting hungrier and hungrier for... well, what do zombies normally eat? If you've seemed 'Warm Bodies' then you probably know the sort of genre we're talking about here. It's a kind of love story for teenagers, but with the undead thrown in. Personally, I preferred 'Warm Bodies' as it was bigger budget and had more to it. Life After Beth is like its poorer cousin. Like I say, it's not a bad film. It has enough black comedy moments to amuse, but there aren't really enough to make it a straight comedy. Nor is there enough gore to class it as a horror. You've basically got a teen romance story which borrows from a few other genres.
It doesn't have to be watched by teens. I think it's adult enough to be watched by anyone who's sort of into zombies/horror/black comedy. Just don't expect too much. Everyone plays their part as well as can be expected. Bottom line: if you enjoyed Warm Bodies and are happy to sit through yet another zombie film, you might like this. If nothing else it's quite short!
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Yes, it's another zombie film. There are so many these day that they kind of all merge into one, therefore anything that actually stands out among the B-movies that have gone straight to DVD is actually quite rare. 'Life After Beth' is okay. Nothing more. However, when compared to its current crop of rivals, it's actually not all that bad.
Zach's girlfriend, Beth, dies and he's naturally heartbroken. Although, it's not all bad as she comes back. She's welcomed back by her grieving parents who are quite happy to put aside the 'hows and the whys' of her resurrection, just so long as they've got their child back. But, as you probably can guess, having a reanimated corpse as a close family member is a recipe for disaster.
Yes, she starts out okay to begin with her slight loss of memory surrounding her untimely demise can easily be blagged. But it doesn't take too long before she's pulling apart small buildings and getting hungrier and hungrier for... well, what do zombies normally eat? If you've seemed 'Warm Bodies' then you probably know the sort of genre we're talking about here. It's a kind of love story for teenagers, but with the undead thrown in. Personally, I preferred 'Warm Bodies' as it was bigger budget and had more to it. Life After Beth is like its poorer cousin. Like I say, it's not a bad film. It has enough black comedy moments to amuse, but there aren't really enough to make it a straight comedy. Nor is there enough gore to class it as a horror. You've basically got a teen romance story which borrows from a few other genres.
It doesn't have to be watched by teens. I think it's adult enough to be watched by anyone who's sort of into zombies/horror/black comedy. Just don't expect too much. Everyone plays their part as well as can be expected. Bottom line: if you enjoyed Warm Bodies and are happy to sit through yet another zombie film, you might like this. If nothing else it's quite short!