Burying the Ex
Image Entertainment | Release Date: June 19, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
IndieWireCelluloid Liberation FrontSep 12, 2014
As always in Dante's work, playful references are never an end to themselves, instead serving as backdrop to a satiric look at popular culture and biting social commentary. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJun 22, 2015
Dante’s newest movie, Burying the Ex, doesn’t make the leap to satire. It has a lame-pun title, a zombie premise that might have seemed fresh two decades ago, and the sexual politics of an unusually backward adolescent male horror nerd. For all that, it’s a lot of fun, and Dante’s heart is palpably in it. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 12, 2014
Dante again smoothly combines moments of romantic and screwball comedy, schlocky genre elements and an overarching retro feel for this cute and pretty efficient zom com. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJessica KiangSep 12, 2014
A hard film to hate, but an even harder one to defend, Joe Dante’s throwback zombie comedy Burying the Ex is a completely unreconstructed B-movie that is perfectly happy to breeze by on charm, nostalgia and the attractiveness of its leads. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJun 18, 2015
In spite of its modest running time, Burying The Ex feels stretched thin; it takes a good 35 minutes to get going, only kicking into gear once Evelyn returns from the dead. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenyJun 18, 2015
There's a slightly muted quality to the film, though, which keeps it from being a complete pleasure, but considering how rarely we get a new film from Dante, I'll take something slight over nothing at all. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJun 18, 2015
The movie’s snap and affection put other recent zombie-related entertainments to shame, and the in-jokes...are a Dante signature. But the freedom of the director’s best work is missing. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 18, 2015
There aren't any scares to speak of, though there is some gore. The cast is game to try anything, but there's just not much here for them to work with. Like most zombies, Burying the Ex is an idea that should have stayed dead. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 12, 2014
It feels less like a real Dante film than a dashed-off counterfeit. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJun 19, 2015
Yes, Burying The Ex, I thought as I watched, I AM on your side conceptually already. Now could you start being genuinely funny? Or scary? Or something? Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 18, 2015
Burying the Ex is a genre-mashing low for Dante. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 16, 2015
Dante took what could have been B-movie exploitation, and he turned it into jokes Charlie Sheen would shoot down. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 12, 2014
Strained, sexist schlock, which raises zero jolts and only fitful chuckles with its gamely performed tale. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartJun 18, 2015
Burying the Ex is missing the key ingredient every good zombie movie needs: brains. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJun 17, 2015
The director is Joe Dante, a protégé of B-movie producer Roger Corman, who makes cheesy horror spoofs like "Gremlins" and "Piranha," along with a few good ones like "The Howling." This is not one of the good ones. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJun 15, 2015
It alternates awkwardly between shrill, borderline misogynistic sex farce and desperately gory, pun-rife creature feature. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsEddie GoldbergerJun 19, 2015
How did the guy who made “Gremlins” and “The Howling” direct this cheap-looking, sophomoric, unfunny dreck? Read full review
20
The DissolveKeith PhippsJun 18, 2015
There’s little in Burying The Ex to suggest it’s a Dante movie at all, given how far it’s removed from the smart, exciting films he used to make. Maybe it’s best if everyone just pretends he wasn’t involved. Read full review
20
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 12, 2014
An unfunny undead comedy that in harking back to the days of the classic B-movie would be flattered to be classified as an E-movie. Read full review
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