Is it a deadly brain-eating zombie movie, or is it a teenage romance? Let’s call it a mixture of both along with some horror and humor. “Warm Bodies” is about a zombie named R (played by Nicholas Hoult), who happens to have a conscience and a bit more intelligence than the other typical zombies he’s surrounded by. He lives the average undead life until he meets a human, Julie (played by Theresa Palmer).
In a totally non-creepy way, R is attracted to Julie as soon as he sees her, and instead of eating her brain, he decides to kidnap her. He excuses it as his need to protect her from the other zombies. It’s very romantic, as you can tell.
While keeping her in his “house,” which is really an abandoned airplane, the two begin to bond. R makes little attempts at trying to be the human that he’s clearly not, and it’s portrayed in a very adorable way. Kudos to Nicholas Hoult for making a zombie look slightly attractive and more than likeable.
As their love begins to grow warmer, so do the bodies. The hearts of all the zombies start beating again as they begin to witness the strange relationship between R and Julie. Notice how their names almost look like Romeo and Juliet, I’m just saying.
The one exception is the Bonies — terrifying zombies who have gone too far and cannot grow back a heart in their purely skeleton bodies. Between the army of humans trying to kill any type of zombie and the Bonies, who are as equally threatening, R and Julie fight to prove that they can bring a change to their world.
Overall, this movie kept up the thrills and humor from beginning to end. Each character, even the supporting ones, has a story of their own with an individual humor as well that keeps the audience in love with every scene. Sometimes the brain bashing and eating can become a little too disgusting, but thankfully it only lasts for a few seconds at a time.
It’s not the everyday romance, and it’s certainly not another twilight- paranormal type of movie either, as some have said. It has it’s own genre that can be enjoyed by nearly any audience. Only if they’re above 12 though, the PG-13 rating is there for a reason.
Rating: 5/5
