Leofwine_draca Filmed on the Isle of Man, this is a low-budget Irish film that obviously tries to appeal to the same demographic audience as SHAUN OF THE DEAD, except with little of the talent behind that movie. It's clichéd from the start, telling the love story between a doomed zombie boy and his affectionate would-be girlfriend, while of course mixing lots of zombies into things. Surprisingly, though, I enjoyed BOY EATS GIRL. Perhaps it's because of the natural humour, or the sense that the cast is having a whale of a time making it, but this is a fun if goofy way to spend seventy minutes of your life.The film goes about setting up the various characters (jocks, geeks, etc.) that you'd expect from a high school teen flick before introducing the zombie element. About halfway through the plot breaks down entirely, changing to show the running battle between the humans and the zombies. The script focuses on the humour, which is sometimes crude, sometimes obvious, but sometimes quirky and appealing. The zombies themselves are played for laughs although the film is happy to wallow in the gore at key moments. Blood sprays, flesh is torn asunder and various implements are shoved into heads and eyeballs. There's even a little flesh eating for the zombie fans. But the gory highlight is an incredible two-minute splatterfest as the heroine uses a tractor and thresher (shades of BRAINDEAD's lawn mower) to dispose of a zombie crowd. Limbs and entrails go everywhere and earn the film an 18 certificate there and then.The thing that makes the film likable is the cast list, and there are fine performances from everybody – except Samantha Mumba. Mumba is as bad here as she was in THE TIME MACHINE, wooden beyond belief, and she never convinces as a tough heroine for one second. In comparison, David Leon brings soul to his lovesick zombie hero, and there is excellent comic relief throughout from geeks Laurence Kinlan and Tadhg Murphy, especially the latter, who reminds me of Ron from the HARRY POTTER series. Other supporting cast members also do particularly well. Sara James, for instance, brings a real vivacity to the clichéd role of high school bitch, livening up things no end when she's on screen. In a nutshell, BOY EATS GIRL succeeds at mixing laughs with the expected bloodshed, and while it adds absolutely nothing new to the genre, it remains an enjoyable spectacle.

shtove Pretty good comedy-zombie-teen thingie.The soundtrack is all US adolescent angst, but doesn't create horror/suspense effects. The production is fairly high quality. The characters are built up nicely in a steady first 30 mins.Major problem is that the director has no clue how to deliver a jump. Several opportunities were fluffed, and although there was decent gore the horror element was missing.I think there were problems with the screenplay as well - maybe fewer characters could have delivered the same story and tightened it up, made it more satisfying. Plus Samantha Mumba is a honey, but she doesn't get any good lines.The humour was goodish, with two LOL moments. The guy on the toilet bowl saying hello when the hero breaks down the toilet door with one blow of his fist. The best was with the blond bitch (Sara James) hiding in the closet with two guys: "I think we should stay here till dawn. Doesn't sunlight kill them or something?" "That's vampires." "There's vampires too?" The comedy sidekicks played their parts well, so you will have a smile on your face.I straight horror, but this was enjoyable.

atinder This movie got the bad taste out of my mouth, after seeing blood car, this movie however is was fun movie.Even this movie had stereotype teens, who looked like they in mids 20's playing teens, if you can get past that. You end up really enjoying this movie.A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother, as a flesh-craving zombieI found this movie so-what Original, with mum bringing back her son after he killed himself.Also enjoyed some really decent funny moments, that work really well with the rest of the movie.There were some really good bloody messy scenes, which were fun to watch. 7 out of 10

MrGKB ...with the only thing of note about it being that it was made in Ireland, and given the over(t)ly earnest attempt to imitate American cinema/TV, its Gaelic origins hardly matter.If "Boy Eats Girl" really had a $5mil budget, the bulk of it must have gone to one of its ostensible leads, pop singer Samantha Mumba, who had a moment in the sun in a smallish part in the mostly-wretched 2002 remake of "The Time Machine," and apparently came away from the experience with the idea that she's an actress. She's not, and her casting in this bit of romzomcom dross is ample proof of that. She qualifies as a pretty face with a certain zaftig appeal, and, I'm sorry to say, not much more.The rest of the cast doesn't fare much better, and as is always the case, the blame must be placed squarely where it belongs, on the inept shoulders of the screenwriter, although I suppose the questionable efforts of a visionless director might also be to blame. The listless, threadbare plot, such as it is, focuses on a pathetic pretty boy who can't seem to score with the girl of his dreams and opts for suicide to relieve his miseries (apparently, he's never heard of masturbation). Mom resurrects him, though, thanks to a handy-dandy book of spells she's stolen from a nearby church, only she somehow overlooks a missing portion of the potion and ends up with sonny-boy as a slowly degenerating, infectious dead thingamabob who soon spreads the zombie meme to his classmates. The ensuing mayhem, delivered with all the finesse of a hamfisted school boy, features little in the way of hilarity, virtually no suspense, no horror, no pathos, and certainly nothing in the way of a fresh take on the genre. There's plenty of gore, which is eventually released in such paroxysms of spew and rubbery body parts that this viewer could only suspect that someone was trying desperately to make up for the paucity of everything that had gone before; none of it works on any level at all.I'd give "Boy Eats Girl" (said title, btw, being an insultingly brazen example of misrepresentation) an even lower rating if it weren't for a certain level of professionalism concealed within the thing. The cinematography is passable, if derivative (pointless dolly shots that do nothing to advance mood or plot, for instance), and the sets and locations, costumes, and so on are miles ahead of most exploitation cheapies, but none of it is of any avail. The best intentions still end up you-know-where.Boredom viewing only. Utter waste of time otherwise.