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Life After Beth

Life After Beth (2014)

August. 15,2014
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5.7
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R
| Horror Comedy Romance

Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...

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MusicChat
2014/08/15

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

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Rexanne
2014/08/16

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Fleur
2014/08/17

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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Dana
2014/08/18

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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morrison-dylan-fan
2014/08/19

Taking a look at a thread on IMDb's Classic Film board for the best titles of 2015,I spotted a fellow IMDber mention a zombie Romantic Comedy.With a friend being a fan of the Zom-Rom-Com Shaun of the Dead,I decided that it was time to meet Beth.The plot:A week after his girlfriend Beth Slocum has died from a snakebite, Zach Orfman helps Beth's parents Maury & Geenie to put her items away.Walking back home,Zach spots a strange object walking round the Slocum household.Knocking on the door,Zach is shocked to discover that Beth has come back from the dead! Whilst Beth's parents celebrate her "resurrection",Zach begins to fear that his girlfriend's return will cause the world to end.View on the film:Chewing the zombie scenery around them, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser & Cheryl Hines each give wonderful performances as the parents of Zach and Beth,with their improv backgrounds giving the parents a jazzy edge as they search after logic for Beth's zombie return.Going from mourning to dating the dead, Dane DeHaan gives a very good performance as Zach,who DeHaan shows to be more anxious over knocking on the Slocum door than he is taking his zombie girlfriend out for a date. Caked in flaky zombie make up,the cute Aubrey Plaza gives a great performance as Beth,thanks to Plaza giving Beth a dead-pan comedic bite,which is joined by a zombie rage that Plaza puts an explosive amount of energy in.Inspired by the TV Comedy show that some of the cast have starred in,writer/director Jeff Baena gives the title a slick mock-doc appearance.Largely keeping away from "shaky-cam" Baena uses the fake doc look to give the film a frantic atmosphere,as punch lines dart across the screen whilst the dead walk the earth.For the screenplay,Baena gives the romance between Beth & Zach a sweet sincerity,with the comedic one-liners being wrapped in a breezy atmosphere which folds out in the films surprisingly melancholy final notes,as Zach begins to wonder if he has to get set (again!) for life after Beth.

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Nikker1985
2014/08/20

In my opinion Dane DeHaan is an amazing actor. Even though I have vowed to never see a found footage movie again, I did struggle through the entirety of Chronicle which was to no one's surprise...a found footage quality movie.But then I saw DeHaan in Amazing Spiderman 2 where he successfully helped the audience understand why he is so angry and why he has reason to be a villain. So similarly, in this movie he conveys realism under surealistic situations.If zombies were real... this is how it would go down. I am trying to understand why I loved this movie but it all comes down to one fact. Real characters.I keep mentioning again and again how some movies kill off characters and sad music is playing and you are supposed to feel sad yet...you feel nothing at all. And all the Hans Zimmer in the world wont make you cry.But then, there are movies whose plot revolves around a robot with scissors for hands, or a kid that grows up after a wish, or a dude who lost his volleyball in the ocean.And this is a movie with real characters for whom you care. Realistic dialogue, awesome situations. Truly a one of a kind movie. Neither a horror nor a comedy flick...not even a romantic one.Just a story of how it would go down with a little bit of silliness in it.Beth's parents are in denial about their daughter which is only natural. Dehaan's reaction after finding out Beth is still alive and how he goes temporarily insane and re falls in love with her. How Beth loses touch with her humanity gradually and how a zombie uprising is about to occur are all awesome elements.I loved watching this movie. The cast is wonderful and Audrey Plaza earns my respect as someone who is not afraid of destroying her image. I have reached a point in my life where I am bored as hell of watching clichés and formulas. Every alien movie needs a "bomb" the mothership ending. Every possession movie needs a girl acting silly and talking in voices. Every zombie movie needs people barricading themselves in malls. Every disaster movie needs explosions and footage of the Aiffel tower and the Acropolis getting destroyed.Not Von Trier's Melancholia that had a different approach to destruction movies.Nor Jeff Baena's Life After Beth that had a different approach to zombie movies.If you want the same old sith,a typical zombie movie ...go for Land of the Dead [2005]. If you want a different approach...Life After Beth is excellent.I wish the audience was a little bit more supportive to movies like this.I know that a 9 score is reserved for super awesome movies that are classics and that will stand the test of time, with awesome acting, photography, story telling techniques, music and the whole package.Regardless, I am going to give this movie a 9 because I loved watching it and given the ridiculous material they had to work with (a dude in love with a zombie) they did an excellent job.

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jeffreyhillen-364-945381
2014/08/21

Life After Beth is a Comedy/ Drama/Horror film about Zach Orfman ( Dane Dehaan) who just lost his girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) . He spends a lot of time at Beth's parent and finds it difficult to accept that Beth isn't alive anymore. But when all of a sudden the parents don't answer the phone anymore and don't let Zach in anymore he is starting get frustrated. He keeps coming and suddenly sees Beth walking in the house. That leaves Zach with a lot of questions and Beth's father is letting him now ad tries to explain. Beth has been resurrected but she can't know, Zach must find a way to deal with this. And tries to solve the problem.While this film is mainly meant as a Comedy there are also so much emotional scenes included. The scenes between Dane Dehaan and Aubrey Plaza are amazing. They deliver an fantastic job and give a great performance which helps the audience help to understand their characters. The scenes between them are very funny and they bring that over fantastic. Further casting deliver an acceptable job doing their role but Dane Dehaan and Aubrey Plaza deliver definitely the best performance.I think this script has been written really great. There are some romantically moment, some Dramatic moments for the main character, but also there are lots of Comedy moments. The story has been written beautifully and the characters are developed on screen really great.The thing about the film which I disliked was when more Zombies came you really didn't see them doing anything particular. There were no moments of action scenes, you didn't see them attack. And it took really long before they suddenly knew how to kill them. You, also, never saw them find out how to kill a Zombie, they just suddenly knew. While there was a moment in the film were Zach had to visit someone finding out what happened. But he never heard how to kill them, they never explained how to kill it- they just suddenly knew. Also I wasn't happy with the ending because Zach should never be able to love someone so soon already. Because he still loved Beth so much.Rating this film was quite difficult but I think give the rating : 6/10. Dane dehaan and Aubrey Plaza's performance helped to make this film great to watch. The comedy moments were also really funny but there were a few things which I disliked about the film. And that was all the reason for this rating.

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willcarson4358
2014/08/22

What's with all the negative comments? It's not suppose to be 'Gone with the Wind'. It is an actually funny movie takeoff on the zombi genre. I predict it will be a cult film of late teen- early twentys low-wage workers on a Friday or Saturday night movie. I really liked it. The combination of John O'Reily and Aubrey Plaza is perfect (as well as all the cast.) Well, as I have to add more lines to fill the required 10 lines, a couple of my favourite films are 'Criminal' staring John O'Reily and 'Safety Not Guaranteed' staring Aubrey Plaza. OK . . . . 'getting high with Doug'? starring Aubrey Plaza and Doug. Oh, Paul Riser, now I remember where I've seen his acting before! Aliens.' How about other film recommendation? The Hedgehog- A french film. Well, thats ten lines! Life after Beth is an enjoyable flick

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