The world has been overrun by zombies. Humans now crowd themselves behind walled off sections of cities. One of these zombies wonders around the airport, unable to remember his past or his name, so he goes by the letter he believes his name began with, R. Nicholas Hoult plays this zombie with a great attention to detail, letting his movement and eyes do most the talking. He's looking to make a connection in this strange world. While looking for some humans to eat one day, he sees Julie (Teresa Palmer). R has just finished eating some of her boyfriend's brains (which gains you that person's memories), and he is overcome by Julie. He saves her from the zombie swarm and promises to bring her back to her home. Something is changing about R, his heart is moving again. Although none of this maters to Julie's father (John Malkovich), who looks to re-kill these corpses anyway he can.
Hoult and Palmer have some good chemistry together. They make interesting characters already stronger. In fact the entire cast (Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, and Analeigh Tipton as well) keep the film rolling. Director Jonathan Levine knows to create charm does so through music and giving the actors something to actually do. Warm Bodies borrows and pays tribute to many other works. Little touches of H.P Lovecraft, Shakespeare, and George Romero are scattered throughout. Warm Bodies loses points in it's linear and paper thin story. It's original and fun, but still has plenty of cliches. Almost as if they're not sure what genre they're in their in at the moment. However for what it's worth, Warm Bodies often works its wild fantasy.
*** out of ****
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