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They Came Back (2004)

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Reviews Counted:6

Fresh:5

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Limited

Synopsis: A welcome original entry into the vast canon of zombie films, THEY CAME BACK offers a humorous poke at the conventions of the genre. Set in a quiet French town, the local residents are in for a... A welcome original entry into the vast canon of zombie films, THEY CAME BACK offers a humorous poke at the conventions of the genre. Set in a quiet French town, the local residents are in for a shock when the dead come crawling back to life. But they needn't fear, as these undead non-ghouls simply want to come home and resume their lives from whence they left off. As the issue begins to attract attention from outside the village, a huge problem evolves as no one can decide what to do with this convergence of the walking dead. Amusing at first, director Robin Campillo delicately allows a disturbing undercurrent to develop as the film progresses, resulting in a memorable movie with themes that echo the Brit zombie hit SHAUN OF THE DEAD. [More]

Starring: Geraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccai, Frederic Pierrot, Catherine Samie

Starring: Geraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccai, Frederic Pierrot, Catherine Samie, Marie Matheron

Director: Robin Campillo

Director: Robin Campillo

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[Director Robin Campillo's] camera seems to deliberately circle around death, examining it from every angle.

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10/19/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
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It's an original in a genre done to death (pun intended).

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07/02/06
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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...this film's engagingly original premise allows for some probing social exploration but ultimately fails to draw any real conclusions.

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07/02/06
Laura Clifford
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10/06/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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a kind of aborted film that's mostly about how paranoid people are, and not the mind-f*** that it really ought to have been

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06/30/05
Christopher Null
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A triumph of internal horror.

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03/11/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
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A creative and intelligent recycling of the dead returning for non-horror purposes, but it runs into pacing problems toward the middle.

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