SummaryZach (Dane DeHaan) is devastated after his girlfriend, Beth (Aubrey Plaza), unexpectedly dies. When she suddenly rises from the dead, he sees it as a second chance and decides to do and say every thing he wishes he had while she was still alive.
Directed By:Jeff Baena
Written By:Jeff Baena
Life After Beth
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Mixed or Average
50
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Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
30% Positive
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4 Reviews
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Jun 25, 2014
90
Blending smart fantasy elements, broad comedy, tender romance and an atypically slow-burning apocalypse, the directorial debut of “I Heart Huckabees” co-writer Jeff Baena is charming, thoughtful and laugh-out-loud funny.
Aug 21, 2014
67
If you wanted to, you could see this movie as an allegory about people who love each other but can never connect. Or maybe it’s a warning to parents who turn a blind eye to children’s failings until the family self-destructs.
User score
Generally Favorable
48% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
45% Mixed
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3 Ratings
Aug 12, 2018
9
It's just hilarious. Lots of situation comedy and great music. I don't know why but Aubrey Plaza is in a lot of the few great modern comedies.
Mar 14, 2018
9
Life after beth is a somewhat re-enacted story but it is very entertaining and has very committed performances by the two protagonists.
Aug 12, 2014
60
It's not quite as crazy as it needs to be: There's something listless about Life After Beth — it starts out as a reflection on the potentially morbid nature of grief and then doesn't seem to know where to go.
Aug 18, 2014
50
Life After Beth is a reasonably fun, medium-gory horror comedy that’s better before the innards hit the fan.
Aug 14, 2014
50
The misused cast is just one of many examples of the unrealized potential of Life After Beth, a film that has good bones, but not enough meat, guts, or—most damningly for a zombie movie—brains.
Aug 12, 2014
50
This dark comedy has a lot of promise for about half its length. Then, unfortunately, it settles into the mundane genre picture that it seems doomed to be.
Aug 21, 2014
10
The promise of its premise is squandered all too soon in what becomes yet another tiresome exercise in the way-overworked zombie genre.
Aug 15, 2014
9
Life After Beth is not your typical romance movie nor it is your typical zombie movie, because in this film there is no build up to the relationship, nor there is a reason for the resurrection. It is caught up between both ideas and executed into this Gothic dark comedy that works and is actually really funny despite some of its flaws.
Mar 2, 2020
7
Combines 2 overused movies tropes with good performances from a great cast and its actually really funny despite some of its flaws.
Mar 14, 2016
6
Back to normal is sometimes not good. The movie did not reach my expectation, but still I enjoyed watching it. A story like this I never thought would do fairly, a better movie from the average section. I think not without the Aubrey Plaza, she as a Beth was excellent. Not a career defining performance, but funny enough. The story looks only faintly different from other similar films, but a few good scenes saved it. If it had a couple more good jokes and maybe a twist, surely would have been done greatly at the box office. There's no surprise material in it, I thinks that's negative about it. Easy to read the situation and predict the story within the first 15 minutes, but the second half was drastically changed its pace as well as the atmosphere in the story. If you've not seen many zombie films, especially comedy ones, then you may find it better than average. Definitely a decent direction for a first timer, got a good support from the cast. For a small budget, this is a wonderful production quality. It surely upset you if you expect like 'Warm Bodies' or 'Shaun of the Dead', but if you know all about it before giving a try, the disappointment will be lessened and you may have a decent time pass with it. 6/10
Oct 14, 2015
6
Aubrey Plaza is hilarious in this movie, as always. Dane DeHaan can never disappoint me either. I especially loved the Parks and Recreation references.
May 3, 2022
5
Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly feel quite natural here. Unfortunately the script rarely does, and the quirky premise deserves better than its lacklustre visual component.
5/10 [C-]
Production Company:
- Abbolita Productions
- American Zoetrope
- Destro Films
- StarStream Media
Release Date:Aug 15, 2014
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Some girls just want to watch the world burn.
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Awards
BloodGuts UK Horror Awards
• 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
