Shaun of the Dead: Rating: 4 stars

A slacker (Simon Pegg), his best mate, and a handful of friends muddle through a zombie plague in London.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2004 · R · Horror
Reviewed May 20, 2007

Shaun (Simon Pegg) is a slacker with family issues, roommate issues, and girlfriend issues; just when he thinks that life can’t get any worse, a zombie plague strikes London, and he must race to save his family and friends. A zombie-movie spoof with a heart … that is going to be ripped out and eaten by hordes of the walking dead. If this film had been done by Americans, it would be an American Pie-style mess of fart jokes, vulgar language, and bloody zombie attacks. It still is, but the British have a much better touch for this kind of comedy, and gags that would seem predictable and stupid in American hands have a freshness and unabashed silliness that positively charms. It’s funny enough that I almost recommended it to my mother, but bloody enough that I’m glad I didn’t — just the perfect mix for a zombie comedy (zombedy?).