My Dead Friend Zoe

Name: My Dead Friend Zoe
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Released: February 28, 2025
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Drew Rausch, Ed Harris, Gloria Reuben, James Bane, Kelsi Umeko

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Briarcliff Entertainment | Release Date: February 28, 2025 | Not Rated

Starring: Drew Rausch, Ed Harris, Gloria Reuben, James Bane, Kelsi Umeko, Morgan Freeman, Natalie Morales, Rich Paul, Sonequa Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar

Summary: Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house.

Director: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Jason Delgado

Feb 26, 2025

To be able to understand these universal experiences on a deeper level because of this film is a true gift. Even if you don’t have a Zoe, just know that you’re never truly alone. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Feb 24, 2025

Hausmann-Stokes won’t let the film get sappy; Martin-Green and Harris ensure it. Instead, it’s an unflinching look at a health crisis, a film that arrives at what it’s trying to say through unconventional means, and is all the more effective for it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Feb 28, 2025

This is a persuasive piece of advocacy filmmaking, tucked inside a playful and profane comedy about female friendship. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Read full review

Bob Strauss

Feb 24, 2025

Fundamentally, though, “My Dead Friend Zoe” is a tricky story told exceedingly well. It earns our attention — and a few salutes. Read full review

Jake Coyle

Feb 26, 2025

The movie’s earnestness carries it through these less smooth moments. So does the cast. Any opportunity to see Freeman or Harris, still at the top of their games, is a chance to be treasured. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Feb 27, 2025

Most of the filmmaking in My Dead Friend Zoe feels workmanlike, proficient and straightforward in its storytelling — a promising feature debut for Hausmann-Stokes. The film’s best feature is its performances from a uniformly excellent cast. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Feb 28, 2025

Mr. Hausmann-Stokes hopes to keep the movie darkly comic until pivoting to a final, emotional payoff, but the mawkish late scenes are even more inept than the supposedly funny ones, as the director stages tearful hugs accompanied by soapy attempts at emotional dialogue. Read full review

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