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Zombieland (2009) poster

2009 · horror · comedy · action

Zombieland

Directed by Ruben Fleischer1h 27m2009

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

Our read: Zombieland (2009) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive horror · comedy · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Warm, breathless, measured horror / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb7.5663kRT89%Metacritic73TMDB7.313k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • funny
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How Zombieland feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want gory road trip laughs with strict survival rules and zombie smackdowns.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgoregraphic violencejump scareschild peril

Skip it tonight — You hate gore or want serious horror instead of silly zombie comedy.

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