On one such trip to the city, R and M run into a hunting party sent by Grigio (John Malkovich) to gather medical supplies. That’s where Julie (Teresa Palmer) first meets R. R and his friends stumble across Julie’s group and proceed to get their hunger satiated by fresh, screaming, bleeding humans. However, while R is a zombie and while R does eat human flesh, he just can’t bring himself to eat Julie. There’s a certain amount of charm to the actors in this movie. Nicholas Hoult is no doubt angling for the post-Pattinson heart throb mantle, and he has real chemistry with the lovely Teresa Palmer. It’s a shame John Malkovich wasn’t used more (and he seems to be playing a little more understated than normal), but Rob Corddry is a brilliant addition to the cast, who turns out to be a pretty consistent scene-stealer and source of comic relief in a pretty amusing little movie. The script isn’t perfect, but it’s clever. Very clever, in fact. There are multiple little amusing moments tossed in, be they visual jokes or some clever jokes in the narration. Generally, I don’t like movies that depend on narration, but in this case it works. We need that disconnect between R’s thoughts and R’s actions, to emphasize that within his cold, stiff body remains the mind of a human, for all its strengths and flaws. There are some serious plot holes, but it’s definitely an interesting take on Romeo And Juliet. It helps that Levine is such a deft hand. He does some very clever shots from the zombie perspective, and the framing device for the flashback sequences is really well-executed (and makes sense from a traditional zombie trope perspective). The movie moves quickly, is tightly edited, and makes good use of its musical cues and lighting. It can be a little heavy-handed, but considering its teen target audience, it’s way better than it has any right to be. Warm Bodies opens on the 8th February in the UK.