Warm Bodies (2013)
81%RT Audience Score: 73%
Awards & Nominations: 2 wins & 10 nominations
Warm Bodies offers a sweet, well-acted spin on a genre that all too often lives down to its brain-dead protagonists
Warm Bodies is the perfect movie for anyone who wants to watch a zombie flick without having to cover their eyes every five seconds. It’s got humor, romance, and a unique twist on the undead that will leave you feeling alive. Plus, who doesn’t love a good love story between a zombie and a human? It’s like Romeo and Juliet, but with more brains (literally). So grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride. Just don’t forget to double-check that your date isn’t secretly a zombie before you start making out.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Summit Entertainment
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Montréal, Québec, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for zombie violence and some language
Year of Release
2013
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 38m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 1, 2013 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2013
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Lio Tipton, directed by Jonathan Levine, written by Jonathan Levine, produced by Bruna Papandrea, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, horror, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Candice Frederick, Sara Michelle Fetters, Geoffrey Macnab, Tim Alamenciak, J R Jones, David Thomson, Curve Staff, Don Shanahan, Mike Massie, Jeffrey M Anderson, Richard Propes, Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders, Javier Aguirresarobe, zombie violence, some language, Summit Entertainment, Datasat, Dolby Digital, Neptune Frost, 18 1/2, H.P Lovecraft’s Witch House, Stay Prayed Up, 11th Hour Cleaning, Sh*t Saves the World, Final Caller, Girl in the Picture, Hello, Goodbye, Everything in Between, Confessions from the Hart, The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, The Sea Beast, Moon, 66 Questions, Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel, Incantation, The Road to Galena, Dangerous Liaisons, Jewel, Warriors on the Field, Fair Play
Worldwide gross: $116,980,662
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $148,606,154
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 838
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 16,205,687
US/Canada gross: $66,380,662
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $84,326,543
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 833
US/Canada opening weekend: $20,353,967
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $25,856,622
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 529
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $35,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $44,462,181
Production budget ranking: 878
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $23,942,885
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $80,201,088
ROI to date (est.): 117%
ROI ranking: 867
Teresa Palmer – Julie
John Malkovich – Gen. Grigio
Rob Corddry – M
Dave Franco – Perry
Lio Tipton – Nora
Director(s)
Jonathan Levine
Writer(s)
Jonathan Levine
Producer(s)
Bruna Papandrea, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 10 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (211) | Top Critics (54) | Fresh (172) | Rotten (39)
Warm Bodies is simply the first must-see movie of 2013.
September 7, 2017 | Rating: B+
Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
TOP CRITIC
Warm Bodies achieves a heartfelt ebullience that’s inspiring, and for a movie about the undead watching this made me feel as alive as anything I’ve seen in ages.
August 9, 2016 | Rating: 3/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Warm Bodies is an ingenious hybrid that, at its best, manages to be funny, lyrical and gruesome.
December 31, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
It’s not gruesome enough to please genre fans, but not nearly funny enough to be a comedy either. It tries to be a mixture of both and fails.
December 31, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
Tim Alamenciak
Toronto Star
TOP CRITIC
A muddled teenpic.
December 31, 2013
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
This is a love story, done with charm, humor, and tenderness.
June 12, 2013
David Thomson
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
It may not have the heart of Levine’s previous effort, 50/50 or the humour of his Sundance fave The Wackness — but Warm Bodies still has plenty that will appeal to its target audience.
May 24, 2022
Curve Staff
Curve
Stripping away most of the ridiculous violence and scares normally associated with (appropriately) mindless zombie flicks, Levine and company dare to craft something unique.
March 8, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Don Shanahan
Every Movie Has a Lesson
Despite a setup that is almost too fast to be accepted, the film results in evenly dispensed amusement and carefully balanced drama.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
What’s remarkable is that, despite the movie’s humor, it has a notable lack of cynicism.
October 8, 2020 | Rating: 3/4
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
A simple and cute little love story.
September 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
This is not your typical zombie movie, and that is good thing. It bends the rules to allow something sweet to rise to the surface.
July 28, 2020 | Rating: B+
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin…
Plot
With much of the world’s population now an undead horde, R is a young and oddly introspective zombie. While fighting with and feeding on a human scavenger party, R meets Julie and feels an urge to protect her. What happens next is the beginning of a strangely warm relationship that allows R to begin regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. Caught between the paranoid human forces and the ferocious “Bonies”, zombies who are a mutual threat, R and Julie must find a way to bridge the differences of each side to fight for a better world no one thought possible.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nicholas Hoult stars as the unusual zombie named R in Warm Bodies.
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