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SummaryIn the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous ... Read More

Directed By:Jim Jarmusch

Written By:Jim Jarmusch

The Dead Don't Die

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Metascore
38% Positive
20 Reviews
46% Mixed
24 Reviews
15% Negative
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Jun 13, 2019
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
For its slightness and silliness, its concerns are grander. Here, the undead ghouls represent nothing but the cold prospect of death itself. “This isn’t gonna end well,” Driver’s omniscient copper keeps intoning. And it never does.
Jun 13, 2019
75
Chicago Sun-Times
The Dead Don’t Die is delivered in one long, deadpan note. Some of the sight gags and quips are gold; others are just filler, but still kind of interesting in a wacky sort of way.
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42% Positive
101 Ratings
29% Mixed
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Mar 20, 2021
10
diannax
Love it! Selena Gomez is such a great actress.(plus singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, activist, designer, ambassador, influencer)
Oct 21, 2020
10
Hihihahahoho
Loved that so much! A very unique movie. Can't understand why critics and people gives to this film extremely low points
May 14, 2019
67
IndieWire
If Jarmusch’s latest often feels as though it lacks a pulse, this star-studded parable is held together by one consistent truth: When Hell is full, the dead will walk the Earth. And when the Earth is fucked, the living will do whatever they can to sleepwalk through the nightmare.
Jun 13, 2019
59
Paste Magazine
The movie doesn’t drag, but it’s a major drag all the same.
May 15, 2019
50
Time
The Dead Don’t Die is better when it’s riffing on zombie heritage, or just being silly. But it’s best when Jarmusch is acknowledging, in that characteristically Jarmuschian way—half resigned, half jubilant — that the world of people, even with all their terrible flaws, is worth preserving
May 15, 2019
40
CineVue
Jarmusch has opted for a stumbling dead so indulgently pleased with itself that it resembles little more than a precocious home movie filled with familiar faced pals all of whom find the joke funnier than any audience will.
Jun 14, 2019
0
Observer
Avoid it at all costs if you value your sanity.
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Jul 24, 2020
10
Lolaes
Para gustos colores y a mi me gusta mucho y el humor que hay en la película me encanta
Sep 9, 2024
6
MickeyFinn
It's not bad but, well, imho nobody on the planet is evolved enough to completely like a movie that basically says fk movies and fk the audience. At least throw in more footage, there must be more. It's too telegraphed in its final cut
Apr 28, 2023
6
meydianarizki21
I've read a few comments talking about how horrible it is lol and honestly it's not that bad for what it is. Dont go into this movie with high expectations, it's not a serious movie what so ever it's just something they did for the fun of it tbh. This movie isnt like zombie land or Shaun of the dead and it's not ment to be haha. Like people talking about "how do they come to terms that it is zombies right off the bat and nothing else" the reason so is because Adam Driver character Ronnie "Read the script" and Caleb Landry Jones Character Bobby "has seen a lot of zombie movies" lol. Like come on. Hell, the theme of the movie plays on the radio and Bill asks what is this song it sounds familiar?? Adam literally tells him the name of the song and that it's the theme for the movie... like come on lmao you should know not to take this movie seriously. All in all dont go into this expecting something big. I'd say it like a 5.5 or 6 out of 10, but its enjoyable at the score for me..
Jan 13, 2026
3
Hummens
Occasionally funny, largely tedious and extremely self-confident in how smart and amusing it is. There is very little momentum aside from riffing on well known zombie tropes with 4th-wall breaking gags delivered with purposefully low effort. There is none of the wild enthusiasm for the genre, or affection towards it's characters, that Shaun of the Dead did so well. None of the outrageous slapstick violence or genuine scares of Braindead (aka Dead Alive) or Evil Dead. It plays out more like a script penned by an annoying man with a waxed moustache and a bright orange beanie who only likes zombies ironically. Not very good at all.
Jan 18, 2025
3
Lord_Volta
I'm only watching it to enjoy the trainwreck. I don't know how this script got so many big-name actors, but it's pretty clear they're phoning it in for a check. Kinda sad in a way. The whole movie is a metaphor for hollywood.
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