Warm Bodies

 

After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

With much of the world's population now an undead horde, R is a young and oddly introspective zombie. While fighting with and feeding on a human scavenger party, R meets Julie and feels an urge to protect her. What happens next is the beginning of a strangely warm relationship that allows R to begin regaining his humanity. As this change spreads through the local undead population like a virus, Julie and R eventually have to face a larger issue when the very nature of their friendship is challenged. Caught between the paranoid human forces and the ferocious "Bonies", zombies who are a mutual threat, R and Julie must find a way to bridge the differences of each side to fight for a better world no one thought

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• Trivia
  In the book, R wears a black suit with a red tie -identifying him as a corporate "zombie" - and has a zombie wife and zombie kids he has to feed. The film ditches all of this to age the character down and dresses him in jeans and a red hoodie.

• Goofs
  When Julie and R are running away from the Bonies, they run through the parking garage to use the red convertible to get away. As Julie is getting into the car, she grabs the windshield to sling herself in the driver's seat. Since the windshield is dusty, you can see where she grabbed the windshield from past takes of filming.

• Quotes

  [first lines]

  R: [voice-over] What am I doing with my life? I'm so pale. I should get out more. I should eat better. My posture is terrible. I should stand up straighter. People would respect me more if I stood up straighter. What's wrong with me? I just want to connect. Why can't I connect with people? Oh, right, it's because I'm dead. I shouldn't be so hard on myself. I mean, we're all dead. This girl is dead. That guy is dead. That guy in the corner is definitely dead. Jesus these guys look awful.

• Connections
  Featured in Maltin on Movies: Warm Bodies (2013)

• Soundtracks
  Sitting in Limbo
  Written by Jimmy Cliff and Guilly Bright
  Performed by Jimmy Cliff
  Courtesy of Island Records Ltd. / A&M Records
  Under license from Universal Music Enterprises