NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

FilmCriticLalitRao Everybody knows that unusual ideas are always welcomed in cinema.This is an observation which holds for French director Robin Campillo's film "Les Revenants"/"They came back".This is a socially relevant French film about old people who are given a new lease of life.Although this film talks about dead people,it cannot be classified as a zombie film. France is an economically strong European nation which is thinking hard about its old people."Les Revenants" is a socially relevant film which goads us to reflect on the plight of old people.It is not only France which has to think about aging population.Many economically developed nations would soon have large population of old people.It is for them to device strategies to make life worthwhile for their old age denizens. This is why "Les Revenants" is more a film about French society and its handling of issues related to old people's welfare and well being.Film director Robin Campillo and his screenwriter Brigitte Tijou have written a gripping scenario which continually asks what is to be done with dead people who have come to live with living people.This exceptionally sound narrative gives rise to a series of poignant observations about old people and their behavioral traits with surprisingly uncommon results.PS :Film critic Lalit Rao would like to thank a good friend Mr.Philippe Pham for having gifted a DVD of this film for detailed analysis.

Cliff Sloane First, let me say that the low score of 8 is only because of an improbable plot point near the end.More on that later.The rekindled grief of the survivors is the whole point of the movie. Watching the anguish as it goes through stages is utterly gripping, especially seeing how the parents of the little boy go through such dissimilar reactions.The "pieces of the puzzle" method of telling the tale is also gripping. We see the peculiarities of the returned and cannot fully understand it. Then, when our puzzlement is at its height, a researcher explains what we had observed but couldn't understand.****SPOILERS**** Two things marred this for me. One was the stalking doctor. His presence made little sense to me, other than as a stand-in for the director. The other was the bit about the sabotage and the exploding sleep medication. Just silly. You could just as easily had the dead gather, and then spontaneously collapse in exhaustion. Then, the stunningly lovely ending would have made more sense. Had it stayed at the level of parable, it would earn a 10 for sure.

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Thousands of recently deceased rise from the grave without reason or warning and re-enter the world of the living. The dead are unharmed, in good health, and nonthreatening. They're brought to a hospital quarantine to be studied before being released into society. As the dead are deemed safe, the community attempts to readjust to the reentry of thousands of the forgotten into the workforce and their daily lives. Can the community and the dead reconvene properly or will the oddity of the situation and the difficulty in dealing with it be too much for the living?While certainly more of a fantasy/sci-fi (like a more serious Cocoon, for example), Les Revenants offers some truly chilling and frightening moments, and treats us to a more psychological fear than a visual one. The thought of all of our recently deceased loved ones returning from the grave, while seeming like a pleasant idea at first, still chills me to the core. . . How would we deal with it? What of the return of the bad people: the murderers, the rapists, the paedophiles? Do they return as well? What happens to those convicted of murder? Are there sentences lessened since the murder is now voided when the victim walks among us? It's the questions that haunt us that makes this a horror film, and a damn fine one at that. It's certainly not for everyone, but those looking for a beautifully written and filmed story, about loss and recovery. . . I highly suggest Les Revenants aka They Came Back.Final verdict: 8/10.-AP3-

DICK STEEL The horror... the horror!No, the movie's nothing frightening, but in fact, it bored me to tears. You can literally take a leak, go to the snack bar, have a smoke, and return to the theatre, missing absolutely nothing. Half the time I was wondering whether something remotely interesting will crop up midway to quicken the pace, but I was dead wrong. The movie is meant to be painfully and excruciatingly slow, for it to bring forth its philosophy about life and death, and its abstract ideas about existentialism.The big question presented, though it is hardly ever gonna come true anyway, is how will society react if the dead suddenly became alive again? The issues that are posed, from housing to employment to health care and even human rights (!), are those that are any government's nightmare. The movie begins with stoned elderly folks walking, and walking, and walking some more when the opening credits rolled, until it is said that the dead are walking the earth, and are quickly scrambled to makeshift holding areas while awaiting the relatives to come claim them, and for everyone else to try and make sense of this phenomenon.Perhaps Heaven is getting crowded, or Hell has frozen over, that the departed need to return to the land of the living. They do not crave the blood of man, but rather, are finding ways to integrate back into society. Herein lies the opportunity for philosophy that is unappreciated by myself. There are different viewpoints presented via various characters, but all that is worth recalling, is that the dead are not pleased to be alive, and those alive are absolutely clueless as to what to do next. Bottom line is, let sleeping dogs lie.One thing's for sure, I don't really like abstract zombies. Give me those that crave for flesh and blood anytime!