Surprisingly gentle in most of its humor and its gore quotient, making you wonder who exactly it was aimed at.
Fido (2007)
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Reviews Counted:67
Fresh:46
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Making the most of its thin premise, Fido is an occasionally touching satire that provides big laughs and enough blood and guts to please gorehounds.
Theatrical Release:Jun 15, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Lying somewhere between PLEASANTVILLE and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, FIDO is a zombie buddy pic/love story set in a picture-perfect, technicolored 1950s suburb. With the world still recovering from... Lying somewhere between PLEASANTVILLE and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, FIDO is a zombie buddy pic/love story set in a picture-perfect, technicolored 1950s suburb. With the world still recovering from a zombie war that broke out several decades prior, the town of Willard has found a way to keep the peace. The world beyond the gates may be overrun by zombies, but fortunately a huge corporation called ZomCom has managed to domesticate the undead, turning them into faithful servants of the human race. Director Andrew Currie's movie follows a young boy named Timmy (K'Sun Ray) as he develops a friendship with the zombie (Billy Connolly) his mother purchases to impress the new neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Bottoms, when she finds out Mr. Bottoms (Henry Czerny) just happens to be the head of ZomCom itself. Naming his new friend Fido and initially treating him like a poorly-behaved dog, Timmy soon confirms what he always secretly suspected – that zombies can have feelings too. No one is more surprised by this than Timmy's mom, Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss), who, as an escape from of her rude, zombie-phobic husband (Dylan Baker), develops some very human feelings for the household zombie help. The best part about Fido are the zombies themselves, with Billy Connolly giving a great performance as Fido. Even though he's never given an opportunity to speak, Connolly convincingly comes across as kind and life-loving despite his zombie-ness. In creating the look of the 1950s, the film boasts impressively bright colors and neat furniture design. This, combined with elaborate costumes, provides a surreal backdrop for a fantastical plot. Thankfully Currie never gets too sentimental with his script, and maintains a satirical tone throughout, throwing in a severed limb whenever things risk getting to weepy. [More]
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Dylan Baker
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny
Director: Andrew Currie
Director: Andrew Currie
Screenwriter: Andrew Currie, Robert Chomiak, Dennis Heaton
Producer: Blake Corbet, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Studio: Lions Gate Films
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Reviews for Fido
This set-up sounds like an amusing premise for a mild little low-budget spoof, but Fido is much more than that: it's a full-blown social satire with zombies at its center.
The filmmakers get darkly amusing mileage out of the notion of tamed zombies in suburbian servitude
Cute and witty, if a bit too dependent on its delightfully goofy storyline gimmick.
Fido is a fetching comedy with tongue-in-cheek social commentary and a quick wit.
This indie exercise is so stultifying you might want to check your own pulse.
One senses that zombie film kingpin George A. Romero, who satirized consumerism in "Dawn of the Dead," would smile like a proud papa if he saw it.
If this movie's concept appeals to you at all, I urge you to reward the filmmakers by seeing in the theatre if at all possible. It's so small but so special. For you zombie fans, it's a great dessert after all the carnage, but it still delivers what we
Fido's humor comes from the clash of genres: bright cheery Americana butting up against the death and destruction of zombie horror.
It's a one-gag movie that starts off clever and cute, but wears thin after half an hour, and ultimately is like an excruciating Enzyte commercial for an hour and a half.
The movie's breezy, blood-flecked entertainment, with no aim other than to give you a giggle and a shriek.
It's beautifully filmed (in the saturated primary colors of 1950s-style Technicolor), and it features a performance by the veteran Scottish actor Billy Connolly that's a small marvel of comic resourcefulness.
[Director Currie] never lets the commentary overwhelm the humor, and the echoes of Douglas Sirk melodramas and Lassie movies just add to the fun.
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