Fido (2006)

It doesn't take long for the hilarity of Fido's central idea to kick in: the world is reeling from the Zombie War, and the undead are being contained in two different ways. Some of them are roaming loose in fenced-off wilderness zones. The rest are, thanks to the good people at the ZomCom corporation, docile and domesticated--indeed, available as house servants for the upwardly-mobile. Such is the case with the Robinson family, a suburban clan who seem to have stepped straight out of an old episode of Lassie. Little Timmy is happy about the new manservant, whom he promptly dubs "Fido," and Fido himself is fine as long as the mechanical collar around his neck doesn't malfunction (in which case he will revert to being a cannibalistic brain-eating zombie). Fido is played, in a stroke of inspiration, by the Scots comedian Billy Connolly, although you wouldn't be able to recognize him without already knowing he's in the movie. Dylan Baker and especially Carrie-Anne Moss are just right as Timmy's parents, who have accidentally wandered out of a John Cheever novel and into a George Romero world. Director Andrew Currie skillfully gets the 1950s satire and the zombie action right, although there's no way to disguise that this premise is too thin to spread out over feature length. For a while, though, Fido hits a stride--a staggering, vacant-eyed stride. --Robert Horton Amazon.com

 You know how many zombies they have? 6! 6 zombies...
This movie is such a feel good dark comedy. After taming most of the overwhelming population of zombies the residents of a nice suburban town aquire them as "pets". I would LOVE to have a zombie to do all of my household chores! Timmy becomes the best of friends with his new zombie which he names FIDO. Fido's collar goes on the blink and spells out certain doom for Timmy & Fido's blooming friendship...thank god for quick thinking! Lots of laughs, great cast, and a lot of zombie fun. May 16, 2008

 Great movie
I loved this movie. It was freaking hilarious. If you can find the humor in a zombie named Fido and treated like a house pet who may accidentally eat someone here and there you will love this movie. It was very well made and it is obvious a decent budget was put on this movie. May 9, 2008

 Wonderful tale of a boy and his do, err...zombie
It's all the more rare these days that you'll come across a zombie movie that has some originality to it. Fido is one of those rarities, as it presents a world stuck in the wholesome 1950's that is also recovering from a zombie epidemic, and the major corporation called Zomcom that has discovered a way of domesticating them. Young Timmy (K'Sun Ray) is bullied at school and basically ignored by his zombie-phobic, funeral obsessed father (Dylan Baker), who also has a habit of ignoring his wife (Carrie-Anne Moss). Things change however when all are introduced to their new zombie pet Fido (Billy Connolly) who soon befriends Timmy and develops a crush on Timmy's mother. Naturally, things don't go too well from this point forward. What makes Fido so good is how deliriously dead-pan director Andrew Currie has managed to satire the 1950's, creating one big joke and visual gag that plays out throughout the film's running time. Billy Connolly is so good as the title character, even though he never speaks a real word, while everyone else (including a very funny Tim Blake Nelson) are quite good in keeping straight faces throughout the proceedings. While the premise does start to wear a little thin as the end of the film approaches, Fido is a wonderfully original and morbid take on the idea of a boy and his dog and the zombie genre alike. For zombie movie fans looking for something different and offbeat, give Fido a look. May 1, 2008

 Quality
This movie was 10 times better than I could have expected. There acting was fair-good and the film quality was not bad at all. This movie is a good buy. I love the "innocence" of the 50's lifestyle mixed with enslaving departed friends, neighbors and loved ones. This is definetly one to impress your friends with. April 29, 2008

 Cool Premise for a Zombie Comedy
I really enjoyed this flick. The cast was great and very funny. I enjoyed the alternate reality of the 1950's as a post-zombie war landscape. I really enjoyed the fun had with the ideas and values during that era. It was a little like watching some 1950's family flick with some zombies thrown in. There was a funny idea that every family just had to have their own zombie pet or they would be ridiculed by their neighbors as weird. People should definately check this film out. It would be a plus if you are a fan of zombie films but I think people who are not normally horror film fans would enjoy it as well. A really clever movie!! April 6, 2008

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