Warm Bodies

"He's still dead, but he's getting warmer."

2013 1h 38m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 6,513

HorrorComedyRomanceScience Fiction

Synopsis

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After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

“He's still dead, but he's getting warmer.”

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Cast

Nicholas Hoult
R
Teresa Palmer
Julie Grigio
Lio Tipton
Nora Greene
John Malkovich
Colonel Grigio
Dave Franco
Perry Kelvin
Rob Corddry
M / Marcus
Cory Hardrict
Kevin
Vincent Leclerc
Perry's Dad

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan Levine
Writers: Jonathan Levine, Todd Harris, William Shakespeare
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Levine, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Buck Sanders. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nancy Richardson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer and Lio Tipton carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He's still dead, but he's getting warmer.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1588173 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan Levine directs. Javier Aguirresarobe behind the camera. Buck Sanders scores. Nancy Richardson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by Jonathan Levine, shot by Javier Aguirresarobe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Buck Sanders. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Nancy Richardson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer and Lio Tipton carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "He's still dead, but he's getting warmer.".
8IMDB entry: tt1588173 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Original score: Buck Sanders
Editing: Nancy Richardson
Production design: Martin Whist
Costume design: George L. Little
Makeup / hair: Monica Huppert
Sound: Leslie Shatz
Stunt coordinator: David McKeown
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $117,000,000
Return: 334% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Warm Bodies (2013)

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Andres Gomez2014-10-27
★ 7/10
If you like zombie's gener you will love this movie ... or not! It cheats in a cheap way through creating 2 level of zombies: the good ones and the bad ones. Also, it breaks tons of zombies stereotypes to be able to build the story, that's why you may end hating it if you are a "purist". As this is not my case, I really enjoyed this movie. Fun script, good casting and great performances by Hoult and Palmer. Also, always a pleasure to watch a movie with John Malkovich.
Dark Jedi2018-03-04
★ 7/10
This is a quite different zombie movie. I think it can best be described as a romantic zombie movie with a humorous touch and some action thrown in for good measure. It is not at all a bad movie. I do prefer the “shot everything that moves and when it doesn’t move anymore shot some more just to be sure” type of zombie movies but I still quite enjoyed this one. The words “romantic” and “zombie” is of course two words that you really would never expect to see in the same sentence. Surprisingly enough it does indeed work in this movie. I think my main enjoyment of this movie was the voice-over with R’s thoughts though. At times it is incredibly funny. The actual story, that the zombies’ magically starts to heal themselves is of course pretty nonsensical but you do not really watch zombie movies for their elaborate plot anyway. I have seen worse and this was not really supposed to be a horror-zombie movie anyway so I can live with that. This is the first zombie-movie that I have watched where you actually see the story from the zombies perspective. Another thing that, surprisingly enough, worked quite well. The voice-overs helped a lot to make that happen. The special effects are fairly low key for being a zombie movie but I would say that they are just about right for this movie. The “bonies” are the most monster-like ones in the movie and their make-up is quite cool. Unfortunately their movements are quite stiff and look decidedly computer generated. That is a shame and pretty much the only complaint I have concerning the actual implementation of this movie. Unless you are totally allergic to zombies I would recommend watching this movie. I would especially recommend it if you are not normally into zombie movies. You are likely to be surprised.