Chris Schembri
This mockumentary about four vampires sharing a house in Wellington, NZ is one of the funniest films I've seen in years.
At first I was skeptical. When I read the storyline it sounded dreadful; unoriginal, too similar to "Being Human", so I put off watching it. Then, after a couple of friends recommended it, I thought I'd give it a chance. I'm so glad I did. It was hilarious, and the dialogue and delivery is spot on. It captures the documentary "look" perfectly too.
I think "What We Do in the Shadows" is to vampire movies what "Shaun of the Dead" is to zombie flicks. It's brilliant.
iamzaneshaw
It's awkward funny, it's uncomfortable at times but in a good way and it's got that "casual funny" piece of scripting haha a solid mockumentary.
anirudhgoud
Did you ever wanted to be a vampire? Had fantasies of sucking the crap out of beautiful women with your sharp and pointy canines? What their lifestyle could be and all that stuff? Then you came to the right movie to watch, so sit back and enjoy this silly-fest of a movie. With an excellent prod. design, quirky sense of humour and artful rendition of the life of vampires, this movie could be the most funniest movie/documentary about vampires of all time. Throw your preconceived notions of vampires, brainwashed into your head by Twilight-like movies, into mental dustbin and just comprehend this movie. 1 star removed for killing a beautiful woman who just wanted to get her degree and travel round the world.
realmuthaf
So I reluctantly decided to watch this film, that had oh such good ratings from critics and audiences alike. What did I see?Well, level of production inferior to some of YouTube videos nowadays, for starters. Everything looks dirt-cheap with laughable effects and poor camera work. I read that the budget was 1.6 million dollars, yet it looks 1.59 million dollars cheaper.But it's not just about the looks, right? It's a comedy, after all, it's the writing that matters! Well unfortunately the jokes here are pure sh*t mostly. It's all dirt-cheap puns about how werewolves act like dogs, so they smell and run after sticks. Or how these guys are vampires, so they can't wear silver necklases as it burns, and they bite people. Oh wow, my belly just hurts so much from all the laughter. There's also some unnecessary vulgarity, which doesn't really help anything.The only reasons this was not a 1/10 are that were like 2 moderately amusing gags, and the whole thing lasts less than an hour and a half, so while it is a tedious bore, it's not as long as it could've been. I heard about this movie after its director and writer Taika Waititi (or whatever) was praised for "bringing his charm and wit" to Thor Ragnarok, which I'm yet to watch. Well if Thor Ragnarok has the same level of humor as this than it's likely also borderline unwatchable trash.After the credits one of the characters says something along the lines of "You will forget the contents of this movie". I wish I did, honestly.
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