Warm Bodies (2013) Movie Review

If you can make it through the first part of “Warm Bodies”, and get around the fact that they’re obviously trying to do for zombies what “Twilight” did for vampires—make them sexy, clean, and appealing to crowds of teenage girls in a non-threatening, non-sexual way—then you might enjoy the remainder of the film. You won’t be blown away, but there’s earnestness and certain charm that’s difficult to deny. Before you get to that point, however, the movie is a tedious wreck. And I’ll try to contain my rant on zombies until later in our program. I make no promises, but I will certainly do my best. Based on the novel of the same name by Isaac Marion, “Warm Bodies” is a retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story, only set in the near future after the zombie apocalypse. On one side you have R (Nicholas Hoult). He’s not your typical undead brain eater. In fact, for a brain dead walking