Rotten
The best zombie movies shock us into a realization about ourselves and the world in which we live, but how much can zombies teach us when their world so closely resembles 1995?
Sam Sweet, L.A. Weekly
American Zombie
We're here. We're dead. Get used to it!
2007 · 1h 36m · Not Rated
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Grace Lee
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American Zombie
Overview
Documents the daily lives of a small community of the living deceased who make their home in Los Angeles.
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Rotten
Performances vary widely in quality. Some of the "experts" who expound on zombie culture are portrayed by such amateurish actors that the film threatens to collapse.
Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
If Lee intended primarily to spoof documentary conventions, she should have chosen a theme less commercially overexposed -- and worked harder at making it more than just sorta-kinda humorous.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Fresh
The mere fact that [director Grace] Lee can make both a media satire and, in the end, a creepy horror flick, while at least alluding to bigger social issues, suggests the breadth of her wit and intelligence.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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