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Zombieland (2009)

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90

Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 213
Fresh: 191 | Rotten: 22

Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.

88

Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 4

Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 512,974

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Movie Info

A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), two young girls who have resorted to some rather unorthodox methods to survive amidst the chaos. Reluctant partners in the battle against the undead, all four soon

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Horror, Comedy

,

Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Feb 2, 2010

$75.6M

Sony/Columbia Pictures

All Critics (214) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (195) | Rotten (22) | DVD (8)

Wildly implausible, slightly scary and plot-lite though Zombieland is, it stands to add a few comic bons mots to popular parlance.

December 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment (1)
Washington Post
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Scattershot but sharp, this postapocalyptic road comedy gives Shaun of the Dead a run for its money.

December 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
Chicago Reader
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By the time Zombieland reached its climax, I actually cared about who lived and died, and that reaction honestly took me by surprise.

October 7, 2009 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comments (2)
ReelViews
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[E]verything Jennifer's Body was not--fast, funny, and fully aware of the obligations and opportunities inherent in the genre.

October 5, 2009 Full Review Source: New Republic | Comment (1)
New Republic
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This movie is fundamentally empty.

October 5, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comments (39)
At the Movies
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There are even a few poignant moments in the movie, but they don't get in the way of the funny, violent, zombie-killing good time.

October 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment (1)
Los Angeles Times
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The zombie film has never been so funny or so cool.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Oscar Guy

It's Zombieland's delightfully offbeat characters that give the movie its staying power.

January 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | Comment (1)
Cinema Writer

Now this isn't the most violent film I've ever seen, but it is certainly one of the only films in which the infliction of violence (gut-churning violence) brings people together. And to that I say ... finally!

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment (1)

Zombieland is nowhere near the classic it has been labelled, and is more a film that will be encrusted in this time and place. Give it a few years, and it will seem as relevant as the latest game console.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

Zombieland will undoubtedly become the new zombie-comedy cult classic for the current generation.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | Comments (2)
Fan The Fire

Mildly enjoyable throughout...[the film] has a hard time competing with its own trailer.

April 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comments (2)
Cinefantastique

I just might write my own 31 rules to live by.

February 15, 2010 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | Comments (4)
3BlackChicks Review

No Shaun of the Dead, but an enthusiastic comedy all its own.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | Comments (2)
Window to the Movies

Horror-comedy hybrid is gory, crude ... and funny.

February 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
Common Sense Media

Embora não tão inteligente quanto Todo Mundo Quase Morto ou tão engraçado quanto Débi & Lóide, Zumbilândia acaba se estabelecendo como uma mistura improvável destes dois ótimos filmes.

January 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment (1)
Cinema em Cena

Zombies as good clean fun, I mean, good messy fun!

January 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Sly Fox | Comment (1)
Sly Fox

This is proof that horror movies can really be funny. It wasn't just the violent humor, but the little sidetrips for twinkies and Bill Murray's zombie makeup that sent this film into zombie heaven. Murray's best line is if he had any regrets and he said

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: CNNRadio | Comment (1)
CNNRadio

A quin se le ocurri que a los fanticos del cine de zombies se los iba a conformar con una breve aparicin de Bill Murray y una cita a Los Cazafantasmas? Un poco ms de respeto!

January 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | Comments (9)
Uruguay Total

A constantly clever comedy whose characters have amusingly direct motives (i.e. Tallahassee wants a Twinkie above all else) that disguise some genuine losses.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinematical | Comment (1)
Cinematical

Great, snappy fun, featuring, by way of a nice change, characters you genuinely do not want to see get chomped.

December 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Rip It Up | Comment (1)
Rip It Up

Zombieland is a road movie, a little meta-commentary on zombie movie mayhem, and an extremely violent and pretty funny comedy.

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinerina | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Zombieland

I havent laughed like this in a while. I just had a good time w this movie!! It was just a lot of fun!! what a move experience should be.

September 29, 2009
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

This movie completely surprised me. A lot of fun.

February 22, 2011
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

    1. Columbus: Remember mad cow disease? Well mad cow became mad person became mad zombie.
    – Submitted by Jakub L (36 days ago)
    1. Tallahassee: Where's the...fucking... TWINKIES?!
    – Submitted by Jakub L (36 days ago)
    1. Tallahassee: There's a box of Twinkies in that grocery store,not just any box of Twinkies the last box of Twinkies that anyone will enjoy in the whole universe.
    – Submitted by Brandon M (57 days ago)
    1. Tallahassee: I've never been good at goodbyes so... That'll do pig.
    – Submitted by Andrew O (2 months ago)
    1. Tallahassee: You're a peppy little spit-fuck, aren't you?
    – Submitted by César G (3 months ago)

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