This low-budget picture is a little too claustrophobic, and it grows tedious. The ominous, overbearing musical score tries but fails to jack up the tension.
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12/17/09
Pontypool (2009)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:8
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Witty and restrained but still taut and funny, this Pontypool is a different breed of low-budget zombie film.
Theatrical Release:May 29, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: It’s not just the snow storm that’s chilling in this Canadian zombie movie from director Bruce McDonald (THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS). Stephen McHattie (WATCHMEN) stars as controversy-courting radio DJ... [More]
Starring: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Hrant Alianak, Georgina Reilly
Director: Bruce McDonald
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Reviews for Pontypool
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Top CriticHowever shrewdly contrived to keep its budget low, Pontypool, set almost entirely in a basement radio station, is a zombie flick sans bite.
09/01/09
Top CriticFor a while, this claustrophobic little horror movie is a dark little treat.
06/05/09
Top CriticIf you're a devotee of the deranged mind of Canadian indie auteur Bruce McDonald, then I can just tell you that he's made a horror movie (kind of) and that Pontypool is it.
06/05/09
Top CriticA horror flick that's all talk and (almost) no action? The risk pays off better than you'd think.
05/29/09
Top CriticWhat's a zombie movie without zombies? A dull zombie movie.
05/29/09
Top CriticA small Canadian horror film that makes the most of its minuscule budget.
05/29/09
Top CriticThink of this witty, economically gory little tour de force as 28 Days Later written by linguist Noam Chomsky.
05/27/09
Top CriticIf it wasn’t so boring, the dialogue would be a laugh a minute. The acting is so abominable that the cast is better off unmentioned.
05/27/09
Top CriticFor a film about the perils of too much talk, there's quite a lot of babbling presented as profundity.
05/27/09
Top CriticPontypool is, in all senses, brain food -- and juicy.
05/26/09
Top CriticThe judicious use of humour makes the fear seem all the more real.
03/06/09
Top CriticPontypool is ultimately a testament to its frequently besieged director's audacity and vision.
03/06/09
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