Yes, the new film Warm Bodies, adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion, tells the Romeo & Juliet-inspired tale of a zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) and the living girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer) with whom he falls in love. Today marks the birth of a new breed in the young adult horror-romance trend: the zombie love story. We just finished suffering through the vampire romance craze, and yet I'm afraid there is no rest for the supernaturally weary. Vampires better watch their backs.This article is from the archive of our partner. The ending wraps up the film in a satisfying way, and may just leave audiences thinking something truly unexpected - how sweet the human and the zombie look together. Overall, Warm Bodies is a lot of fun, and should be viewed in that manner. For R, there is no tougher father to have to meet. The cast also includes John Malkovich as Julie's father, the tough General Grigio, who leads the remaining human race and doesn’t think twice about killing zombies, his opinion of them tainted from a previous trauma. There are evil zombies, called 'the bonies', who are skeleton-like creatures, and though the CGI on them doesn't always look good, there are a couple of moments where they're quite scary. Interestingly though, because R is the protagonist, the action scenes are not straightforward many times the audience is unsure about who to root for. This is no Walking Dead or Dawn of the Dead with frightening, fast zombies, more of your zombie flick for teenagers. R is a sort of emo teen zombie and Hoult (Beast in X-Men: First Class) does a great job at being (strangely) a likable undead guy. Much humor also comes from the juxtaposition between R's inner thoughts (which the audience hears like narration) and his outer zombie appearance. A thread about working together to stop prejudice is weaved in as well, and a clever switch which sees R terrified in the human world, mirroring Julie’s experience in the zombie one. Here’s there’s a smartly funny observation about technology turning us into zombies – how we are more connected yet less personal with each other. As with many films in the zombie genre, Warm Bodies has a touch of social commentary. It borrows a bit from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, though thankfully, apart from one scene, it doesn’t do so heavy-handily. At it’s “heart,” Warm Bodies is a teen film. On the surface Warm Bodies may seem like another Twilight-esque film about the love between a human and a monster, but to the credit of author Isaac Marion and writer/director Jonathan Levine (50/50), the story has much more to it. His love restarts his heart, setting off a change that could affect the whole post-apocalyptic world. R soon unexpectedly falls for Julie, saves her, and keeps her as a pet to stare at. One day they run into a group of humans, including Nora (Analeigh Tipton), Julie (Teresa Palmer) and her boyfriend Perry (Dave Franco).
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