Over Your Dead Body
IFC Films | Release Date: April 24, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 23, 2026
It’s an adept translation that is in turns bloody and cruel, insightful and hilarious, and, under the plentiful gore and uproarious laughter, a surprisingly touching drama. Just one with slapstick bloodbath tendencies. Read full review
50
ColliderRoss BonaimeMar 20, 2026
What starts as a more violent Mr. and Mrs. Smith takes an unexpectedly brutal turn, becoming borderline unamusing. Taccone pushes himself to try and break from his usual comic mold, but with Over You Dead Body, he ends up pushing too far. Read full review
60
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaMar 24, 2026
A tale of miserable spouses plotting each other’s demise, it doesn’t always work, but its action comedy stylings are enough to keep it entertaining even when it swerves into ugly excess or extraneous subplots. Read full review
50
IndieWireKatie RifeApr 23, 2026
This could be entertaining in the right hands. Here, it just feels smug. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesTim GriersonApr 27, 2026
Despite Segel and Weaver’s best efforts, they can’t make this bickering duo deliciously awful, the characters proving more grating than hilariously combustible. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureDan BayerMar 18, 2026
Instead of the sharp satire of modern-day relationships it starts out as, “Over Your Dead Body” becomes a gross-out comedy in its second half. While it’s very good in both of those modes, it can’t help but feel a bit disappointing that it takes such a sharp turn from something that’s both fun and perceptive to something that’s just fun. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 16, 2026
The Lonely Island brand of humor might at first seem like an awkward fit for horror, but there’s an art to the timing of a well-done splatter flick that shares filmmaking DNA with comedy. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearApr 24, 2026
Whoever enlisted Jorma Taccone to direct this deserves a raise, given that the charter member of the Lonely Island understands how to consistently ramp things up to levels of high ridiculousness. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 22, 2026
Taccone can’t find the right mix of comedy and horror in “Over Your Dead Body,” which is a faithful — perhaps too faithful — remake of a 2021 Norwegian film, “The Trip.” Read full review
50
Screen RantGregory NussenMar 18, 2026
Ultimately, Over Your Dead Body is too messy for its own good. It is unable to settle into any one choice. The repeated motif of flashbacks and plot twists is fun, but not always useful in keeping the ball up. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkApr 23, 2026
Once it turns into a home-invasion thriller, the film becomes more sadistic than hilarious. Read full review
70
SlashfilmBJ ColangeloApr 2, 2026
Over Your Dead Body pulls off the magic trick of bringing exploitation cinema into a timeline that's a walking parody of itself, delivering one of the bloodiest and most entertaining films of the year. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerMar 18, 2026
Over Your Dead Body is a gleeful, bloody romp masquerading as a dark marriage comedy, though unsurprisingly the two sides of its genre dynamic have a dysfunctional relationship. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaApr 23, 2026
Intentionally juvenile humor can have a way of breaking down even the stoniest viewer with the right levels of sincerity and self-awareness, but the film (a remake of the Norwegian thriller “The Trip”) is too slick and giddy about its own crudity to nurture these elements. Read full review
58
The PlaylistChase HutchinsonMar 18, 2026
It seems like Over Your Dead Body is caught between deconstructing itself and just going through the motions. Read full review
55
The Travers TakePeter TraversApr 24, 2026
Jason Segel and Samara Weaving get laughs, but their murder comedy is total tonal chaos. Read full review
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