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The Dead Don't Die

2019

Jim Jarmusch

Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny ...

4.8

9,255

Comedy. Horror The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The sheer diversity of the cast members, along with their individual senses of humor, sustains one’s attention even when inspiration sometimes lags."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"There are a few lovely, random laughs and a resonant political subtext, but the tone is off (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] fancies itself a cutting-edge macabre comedy, but the truth is that it’s behind the curve of pop culture. That’s why it’s a disappointing trifle."	NEG
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A lethargic Jim Jarmusch zombie comedy that has more brains than bite (...) Very few of the gags inspire more than a light chuckle, which isn’t great in a movie where the same could be said of the major characters."	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Another entry in well-worn zombie territory, full of winks and nudges that starts out entertaining but quickly ventures into tiresome (...) It’s absurd delivery barely conceals its pessimism (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Ben Croll The Wrap	"A typically deadpan ring around the zombie flick (...) Take your seat and bask in the presence of the coolest characters actors working today, but don’t ask for more than a few chuckles."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Jarmusch’s undeadpan comedy is laconic, lugubrious and does not entirely come to life, despite many witty lines and tremendously assured performances by an A-list cast.(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"It gets its point across, no matter how inelegantly (...) Jarmusch diehards should be on board."	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A winningly eccentric way to usher in the zombie apocalypse (...) The movie is leavened with cinephile references (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"What Jarmusch does bring is an awareness of contemporary panics and neuroses (...) An undemanding diversion for the hipsters of Cleveland and beyond (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tanya Sweeney Irish Independent	"Haphazard enough, though the entire stew works (...) 'Dead Don’t Die' is a film attempting subversion, yet suffering from identity crisis. Jarmusch says it best when he says nothing at all (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Stacy Grouden entertainment.ie	"Jarmusch's cultural commentary feels untethered to plot or character development, and some great actors are wasted in this regard (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"[It] feels more like a product of a rumbustious weekend out of town than a political statement (...) While hardly ground-breaking as far as stories about the undead go, at least there is a clear affection for the formula"	NEU

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