Plantiana
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
bfslamin
Not sure why this is listed under "horror" aside from lack of a subcategory, but it's a light hearted, zombie ex-girlfriend flick. No big shocks or twists, just some fun psycho zombie entertainment. Perfect for when you want to watch something but aren't sure what yert.
charles000
Um . . . well . . . "quirky and romantic". That's as apt of a description as one can hope for, I guess. Ridiculously campy? Of course, that's the whole point. It had its moments, although at times it was perhaps trying a bit too hard to be over the top ridiculous.Some scenes were reasonably well done, but at a certain point the endless zombie clichés', intended as they were, got to be a bit much. This is one of those productions that could have actually been really funny, there was definitely a story concept here, but it just wore thin after awhile.It's not quite Plan 9 from Outer Space, nor is it Rocky Horror . . . sort of in between somewhere. But hey, I've seen an hour+ spent on far worse examples of attempted filmcraft.
Gimly Monocle (firstruleofmethclub)
More often than not, when I rate a film two or two and a half stars, I'm coming from a place of "Well it's not really for me, but I guess I could see why it might have appeal". Burying the Ex on the other hand comes from a place exactly opposite to that. It's like every five minutes there was something dropped precisely to cater to my interests, but there's no appeal at all. And no amount of goth bars I'd kill to have in my town, horror-themed ice cream parlours, Joe Dante directorial credits or Alexandra Daddario getting her kit off in a graveyard can make up for that. It's not outright boring, which is certainly welcome, but it's horror that's not scary, comedy that's not funny, and bears not one but two life lessons that seem well learned until they're *both* dropped in the final scene.I'm not going to make any "Should have stayed buried" digs, because it's really not *that* bad, but I'm not going to recommend it either.
utgard14
Wuss (Anton Yelchin) works up the courage to break up with his girlfriend (Ashley Greene) but, before he can go through with it, she's hit by a bus and killed. Just as he is about to start a new relationship with another hottie (Alexandra Daddario), the dead girlfriend returns as a zombie.I had a hard time liking Anton Yelchin's character. He's this wimpy hipster unmotivated guy that I doubt I could stand for five minutes in real life. Surprisingly, there's no mention of his smoking weed as there usually is with characters like this. You're slacking on your clichés, Joe Dante. He also doesn't contribute much in the humor department. That's left on Ashley Greene's shoulders. Oliver Cooper plays Yelchin's half-brother, which is itself supposed to be a joke of some kind. It's repeated throughout the movie despite never being funny. Some people have half-siblings. I don't get what's funny about that. Outside of that 'joke,' he's pretty much the Jonah Hill character. You know, the fat gross guy who is inexplicably attractive to women and whose material is something that was envelope-pushing decades ago but now seems trite. Consider yourself warned he is naked in this so don't eat while watching. As for Ashley Greene, she owns this thing. She delivers all of the movie's laughs and things just seem less interesting when she's off-screen. Sexy Alexandra Daddario is given little to work with but does fine.I'm glad to see Joe Dante is still around and hasn't completely lost it. I mean, this is nowhere near the stuff he made in his prime, but it's better than anything John Landis has made lately. It's got a lot of the expected Dante touches (perhaps too many), such as old horror movies constantly playing in the background, a moving truck with the name Romero on it, and an amusing guest appearance from Dick Miller. It almost feels like Dante is homaging himself at this point. Aside from these touches, there really is nothing about this that stands out from a thousand other directors with less status. The movie looks as though it could have been made for television, honestly. It's a watchable horror comedy, funny in parts and gross in others. Worth a look but don't expect much.
