Bill Murray

Robert Duvall plays an aging recluse who decides to have a live funeral "party" to make things right with a community that views him suspiciously. Duvall is superb, as usual, and is ably supported by Bill Murray, Lucas Black and Sissy Spacek.

The first time I watched Zombieland was one of the greatest 90 minutes of my life. There were maybe 10 minutes out of that bunch where I was not laughing and approximately 0 where I was not smiling. In Zombieland, some sort of unexplained (the best kind) apocalypse has left most of the world either dead or zombiefied, leaving very few humans left in the wreckage. These aren't slow zombies, these are lightning fast killers. We follow four terrific characters. Columbus is a skinny, OCD nerd who seems to have not had many friends in his life but is a heckuva zombie survivor. Tallahassee is the ultimate hilarious badass, a supremely pissed-off zombie killer who takes no #!@%*# from anyone. Wichita is a smoking hot altern-rock style babe who teams with the main duo of Columbus and Tallahassee. Little Rock is her gun-toting little sister. Zombieland is fairly scary but it's more thrilling than terrifying. But for the most part, it's a comedy. A wickedly funny, character-driven comedy. The interactions and behaviors of all of the characters are hysterical, and each of them is perfectly cast. Especially Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee. He was absolutely born to play that part. Between this and The Messenger he had an awesome year. He might be the biggest champion of this film. But debut director Ruben Fleischer deserves praise too - his film is fast, lean, stylish and infectious. There's delightful, gory violence and probably the greatest cameo in cinematic history. I wouldn't dare spoil it for you. The videohound reviewer complained about the final act but I thought it was just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. For the last twenty minutes I think there was not a second where I was not laughing. It uses stylish things that I usually loathe - words flashing up on screen, very literal explanations, narration - but for some reason all of it works spectacularly well in this movie. There have been very few movies that have made me so purely happy as Zombieland.

Awaste of film, time ,talent, and money. Nothing happens in this movie; absolutely, nothing. An offence to the Japanese people and boring. I actually fell asleep in this one. Don't waste your time or money!

I thought that this movie was very funny ... I loved the way they showed the rules thorough out the movie . it was very creative ... Bill ****** Murray LOL

All the purists go for the original, and I can respect that..but for me this was the one to watch-- had the classic lines, the very cool villian (and his dopey sidekick), they gave Moranis more to do (Granted he was much more amusing to watch as Vince the dog), and it was cool to see the progression of these guys after saving the city and getting blacklisted as frauds. Aykroyd,Murray,Ramis--all in their prime at this point. Great flick.

Johnny Depp is terrfic, and Martin Landau is brilliant. This is among Tim Burton's best films. But I suggest watching "Plan 9 from Outer Space" before watching this. You'll get a better kick out of the dead-on recreations of scenes in this movie.

Hound had the fur pulled over his eyes by this one: it's all hackneyed posing. There are interminable brooding shots of Johansson staring out the hotel window, Murray looking out the taxi window, but nothing ever HAPPENS. Both actors do their best, but the director hasn't a gram of wisdom or insight she can bring to the film. (And some of her stereotypes of the Japanese are downright offensive.) The conclusion is trite and hardly worth wading through the turgid waters to witness. Coppola is trading on her name, but her cinema is flat as a board and just as wooden.

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My husband goes around quoting this movie and I owned the soundtrack at one point. A truly hilarious classic

Johnny Depp is in his element with Burton as director, and great characters abound. Very good movie.

Might be the most quotable movies ever. This movie took the summer special effects blockbuster and showed what would happen if you put in into the hands of the smartest comedy writers in town. Total classic.

This is Bill Murray's flat-out best performance ever. The jokes are non-stop, and if you just don't get it, well, "Mother, help me."

Despite being panned by citics, this movie is a fantastic comedy, filled with hilarious dialogue and moments. Ending is a bit hokey of course, to keep with original - but I make this a holiday tradition to watch every holidays!