Pontypool
2008, Mystery and thriller/Horror, 1h 36m
87 Reviews 5,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Witty and restrained but still taut and funny, this Pontypool is a different breed of low-budget zombie film. Read critic reviews
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Grant Mazzy
Sydney Briar
Laurel Ann
Dr. Mendez
Ken Loney
Jay , Osama
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Critic Reviews for Pontypool
All Critics (87) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (14)
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It's when our grasping for digestible concepts, clear causality, or anything resembling resolution is as thwarted as the characters' struggle to articulate or take action, that we're in the best position to absorb Pontypool's full impact.
March 27, 2018 | Full Review… -
Alarmingly intelligent and deeply disorienting, Pontypool plays as a radically different film upon subsequent viewings, its metaphor-filled dialogue seeming to shift and alter in meaning with every scene.
December 1, 2010 -
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.
December 17, 2009 -
An original take on genre movies of its kind.
October 20, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 -
Inventive and genuinely suspenseful, this is a welcome addition to the expanding zombie/virus canon.
October 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
This cerebral horror movie plays Scrabble with the genre's cinematic lingo.
October 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Pontypool
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Apr 04, 2014Please! Someone get me some cranberry sauce for this awful turkey!Pamela D Super Reviewer
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Sep 19, 2013[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img]Directors C Super Reviewer
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Aug 25, 2013Although its distinct lack of action can make the movie boring at times, Pontypool does not suffer from a lack of originality. It's clever and unlike any other zombie movie, if I can even call it a zombie movie. The entire movie takes place in a radio broadcasting building in the small Canadian town of Pontypool, where a radio host gets breaking news that hundreds of people are rioting and chanting gibberish. As the off-screen violence seems to escalate, the radio host gradually tries to put together the pieces to understand what's going on. With next to no violence or action being depicted on-screen, Pontypool seems to lack the basic building blocks of a typical zombie movie, yet it's able to build suspense by way of implied violence heard during radio interviews with panicked individuals in the middle of the chaotic events. Because most of the horror is left to the imagination though, it does get a bit tiring after about an hour with little action occurring onscreen. Pontypool is not always the most exciting movie, but it's surprisingly original for a zombie movie and it achieves quite a bit on a shoestring budget.Joey S Super Reviewer
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Jun 14, 2012A gravely voiced, caustic, down-at-the-heels radio shock jock demoted to a small town asks his listeners "why would you call 911?" after a strange encounter; just the set-up for a cynical, claustrophibic take on the curious popular notion of a zombie apocalypse. Based on the original Canadian radio play.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Pontypool Quotes
| D.J. Grant Mazzy: | Sydney, we're gonna save the fucking world. How you doing' ? |
| D.J. Grant Mazzy: | Do you really wanna provide a genocide with elevator music? |
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