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Horror comedy about the romantic relationship between a zombie and the human girl whose life he saves. Cast:Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Diana Laura, Cory Hardrict, Debbie Wong, Justin Bradley, Keeva Lynk, Ruth Chiang, Patrick Sabongui, Dawn Ford, Rochelle OkoyeDirector:Jonathan LevineRelease Date:February 1, 2013DVD Release:June 4, 2013From:LionsgateRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 37 min
Warm Bodies played to good reviews. • Steven Rea wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "A clever conflation of emo teen romance and grisly George Romero escapades... argues for tolerance and understanding in a divided world." More Reviews Below...
Mary Pols, Time: VERY GOOD "...an inventive charmer that visits all the typical movie scenarios of young love amid chaos and disaster, but with a new dimension..."(See all of Mary Pols's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 925 words, 02/01/13
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "...four performances deserve a shout-out: 'X-Men' ex-man Nicholas Hoult... Rob Corddry... 'Crazy, Stupid Love's' Analeigh Tipton... and then there's John Malkovich."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 325 words, 02/01/13
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: MODERATE(cg) "...too primly PG-13 to really go for it.... even suggests that true love can help the right zombie grow a new heart. That's a con job that makes 'Bodies' lukewarm at best."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 384 words, 02/01/13
Scott Bowles, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "While it's a sweet-natured take on the living dead and will tantalize kids who can't get enough girl-ghoul romance, it somehow defies logic, even for a monster movie."(See all of Scott Bowles's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 02/01/13
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: VERY GOOD(cg) "Levine's ultimate vision of the undead condition is diverting, but ultimately not particularly compelling... the performers are more than up to the material."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 608 words, 01/31/13
James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The comedy isn't plentiful enough for the movie to take refuge in its jokes and the horror is lame.... The leads are likeable enough."(See all of James Berardinelli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 855 words, 01/31/13
Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media: EXCELLENT(cg) "...funny, contemplative, and sweetly romantic. The leads have an authentic chemistry that makes for a perfect date movie... witty... well-edited, well-acted.... Age 14."(See all of Sandie Angulo Chen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 608 words, 01/29/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (13 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...cute and amusing.... If the movie surmounts its genericism, it's largely because of the actors and a love in which the monstrous has been made literal..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 625 words, 02/01/13
Miriam Bale, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Levine sets up the idiotic premise in unusually clever ways, complete with the pop-music cues and sentimental energy of a John Hughes romance."(See all of Miriam Bale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 02/01/13
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...stays true enough to the book -- and rom-com conventions. Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Lack of a pulse and bad hygiene keep them apart..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 702 words, 02/01/13
Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK(cg) "These lines aren't even jokes, they're just collisions of the brutal and the banal: 'I know it's really hard to meet guys right now, with the apocalypse and stuff.' "(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 726 words, 02/01/13
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...like a sensitively bent version of a Nicholas Sparks novel, where lovers must overcome significant social obstacles before moving on to the bed."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 475 words, 02/01/13
Roger Moore, New York Newsday: MODERATE(cg) "...often amusing... Levine shoots the action scenes in brisk strokes, and the romantic ones in warm, extreme close-ups. But the movie is deadly slow..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 324 words, 02/01/13
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: POOR "...the film avoids anything that feels like a challenge and settles for the generic... a mostly terrible film that misses the opportunity to be a merely mediocre one."(See all of Bilge Ebiri's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 685 words, 02/01/13
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "A lot of zombie movies have heart -- but usually the heart ends up on someone's plate. Cheers to 'Warm Bodies' for taking us in a different direction for a change."(See all of Richard Roeper's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 859 words, 02/01/13
Chris Packham, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "The film's intentions are way too good for its own good, producing bloodless romance and more shamefully bloodless carnage."(See all of Chris Packham's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 276 words, 01/30/13
Tim Alamenciak, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...not gruesome enough to please genre fans, but not nearly funny enough to be a comedy either... The two stars have great chemistry..."(See all of Tim Alamenciak's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 489 words, 02/01/13
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...for audiences who prefer stories about mending hearts to munching brains... for girls who aren't quite sure yet if they want a slightly scary boyfriend, or a living doll..."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 623 words, 02/01/13
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...unexpectedly charming... the post-apocalyptic world is convincingly lived-in and hopeless, making the redemptive love story all the more moving."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/31/13
KEY CITIES (12 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK(cg) "Cute without being especially clever.... Fans of 'The Walking Dead' can keep moving; there's nothing to see here.... it isn't exactly DOA, but its pulse is weak."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 601 words, 02/01/13
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD(cg) "A clever conflation of emo teen romance and grisly George Romero escapades... argues for tolerance and understanding in a divided world."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 423 words, 02/01/13
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: MODERATE(cg) "Nicholas Hoult and Rob Corddry get the good-natured goofiness of the piece. Teresa Palmer gives Julie an ingénue's softness..."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 558 words, 02/01/13
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT(cg) "Boy meets girl. Boy eats girl's boyfriend's brain. Boy woos girl with radical vinyl collection.... No, it's not the best zombie film, but it may well be the cutest."(See all of Barbara VanDenburgh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 572 words, 02/01/13
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "...pulls off a pretty impressive trick: It has its 'Twilight' and goofs on it too.... Levine gets smart, committed performances out of his cast..."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 684 words, 02/01/13
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "Cross 'Romeo and Juliet' with a zombie movie... The problem is that the gimmick, while amusing enough, can carry the movie for only about 30 minutes."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 563 words, 02/01/13
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...smart and surprisingly sweet.... There's plenty of desire and resignation in human and zombie camps alike in this movie, suggesting life is a relative experience."(See all of Tom Keogh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 357 words, 02/01/13
Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian: GOOD(cg) "...surprisingly sweet and well acted... it's got a big heart and high spirits on a low budget and actors who refuse to phone it in."(See all of Mike Russell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 02/01/13
Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "Levine will never win playing around with zombie rules, such as the idea that the dead can turn back to the living.... the mashing up ultimately leaves a mushy aftertaste."(See all of Kevin C. Johnson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 411 words, 02/01/13
Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD(cg) "...one heck of an alternative date movie (most of the violence is more implied than graphic). You'd have to be a zombie not to enjoy it."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 503 words, 02/01/13
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...likable if not remarkable... It ignores the one basic necessity of monster films, even the funny ones: It really ought to be creepy or scary or gross, at least once or twice."(See all of Connie Ogle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 563 words, 02/01/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (9 Reviews)
Chris Packham, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "The film's intentions are way too good for its own good, producing bloodless romance and more shamefully bloodless carnage."(See all of Chris Packham's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 276 words, 01/30/13
Eric Eisenberg, Cinema Blend: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...refreshingly creative... if you allow yourself to invest in the characters and story the movie pays dividends... a funny, sweet, romantic, fun ride - what else can you ask for?"(See all of Eric Eisenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 669 words, 01/31/13
Jake Mulligan, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...more like fan fiction than a coherent script. At one point, Levine even dedicates a close-up to a copy of the grindhouse classic 'Zombi 2.' "(See all of Jake Mulligan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 404 words, 01/31/13
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: MODERATE(cg) "...curiously tepid. In spite of its repeated, overwrought image of grey, dead zombie hearts flushing and throbbing with new life, it lacks a beating heart of its own."(See all of Tasha Robinson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 645 words, 01/31/13
Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the movie underscores its moral in a way that's at once clever and geeky, meta and referential, the next step movie from 'Zombieland.' "(See all of Cynthia Fuchs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 849 words, 02/01/13
Richard Larson, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the film's persistent charm encourages us to look past a few festering surface wounds and see the human heart beating inside, which is really what love is all about."(See all of Richard Larson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 781 words, 01/31/13
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...unexpectedly charming... the post-apocalyptic world is convincingly lived-in and hopeless, making the redemptive love story all the more moving."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/31/13
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: MODERATE(cg) "There's little genuine horror, not even of the blackly comedic kind, in what should be a horrific notion.... Levine had one joke to play with here, and he stretched it too thin."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 364 words, 02/11/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (5 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...cute and amusing.... If the movie surmounts its genericism, it's largely because of the actors and a love in which the monstrous has been made literal..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 625 words, 02/01/13
Bob Mondello, NPR: VERY GOOD "Levine really gets this hero's predicament... he finds strategies to make what has long been considered a deathless tale undead in a new way."(See all of Bob Mondello's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 323 words, 01/31/13
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...stays true enough to the book -- and rom-com conventions. Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Lack of a pulse and bad hygiene keep them apart..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 702 words, 02/01/13
Dana Stevens, Slate: MODERATE "...mildly amusing, sort-of-sweet... strangely sexless and passion-free -- these bodies, whether human or zombie, feel room-temperature at best."(See all of Dana Stevens's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 807 words, 01/31/13
Peter Debruge, Variety: VERY GOOD "An inspired mashup... keeps the horror quotient in check while focusing on the femme-friendly comedy and romance angles... embraces its rich allegorical potential..."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 739 words, 01/29/13
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...for those open to the idea of a gently goofy mash-up, the film is strong on atmosphere and offers likably low-key, if somewhat bland, charms."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 756 words, 01/28/13
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...stays true enough to the book -- and rom-com conventions. Boy meets girl. Boy falls for girl. Lack of a pulse and bad hygiene keep them apart..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 702 words, 02/01/13
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: VERY GOOD(cg) "...it wants to be the first-ever zombie love story... Jonathan Levine pours way too much syrup on what was shaping up to be something pleasantly original."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 432 words, 01/30/13
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...cute and amusing.... If the movie surmounts its genericism, it's largely because of the actors and a love in which the monstrous has been made literal..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 625 words, 02/01/13
16.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Warm Bodies's reviews are separated by an average 16.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Warm Bodies (45 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Warm Bodies's reviews cover 76.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 24,882 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 553 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 19.4 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Warm Bodies's reviews on average broke 19.4 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Warm Bodies's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Warm Bodies (45 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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