Over Her Dead Body (2008)

Over Her Dead Body

I thought this would be great, but i was disappointed. The story lagged and the acting was not that good. November 3, 2008

Beautiful jealousy!

This movie could've improved, but overall, it was great... It had me falling out of my chair sometimes! July 27, 2008

another lame romantic fantasy

"So there's this bride, you see, and she gets crushed to death by this statue that falls on her on the day of her wedding. Then, get this, a year later, her former fiance falls in love with a beautiful psychic... and then, that beautiful psychic gets haunted by the ghost of the disgruntled dead bride who wants to keep her from stealing her boyfriend...he he...it`ll be hilarious!." Polite chuckling.

This, I like to envision, is how Jeff Lowell, the man who dreamed up "Over Her Dead Body," presented his concept to the studio execs over there at New Line Cinema. The big mystery is how those very same corporate bigwigs could then turn right around and green light the project, allowing Lowell to direct the film as well as write the screenplay.

For if you think that no movie could ever possibly be as bad as this original premise sounds, then clearly you have another think coming. The only way in which it might have worked is if the writer had simply gone crazy with it and turned it into a no-holds-barred satirical farce. Instead, wanting to ensure that he delivered a fuzzy, inoffensive and warmhearted romantic comedy, Lowell engages in boring half-measures every step of the way, tamping down the absurdity in favor of drab conventionality. Indeed, "Over Her Dead Body" is so thoroughly inept and unfunny that it's hard to know where exactly Lowell thought he was going with it. Virtually every set-up, joke and sight gag in the film is flat-footed and poorly executed, with even the actors themselves seemingly aware of their predicament. How else to explain the halfhearted, lifeless performances of Paul Rudd, Eva Langoria Parker, Lake Bell and Jason Biggs in their various roles?

I choose not to blame the actors, some of whom have proven their talents in better vehicles in the past (that is particularly the case with Rudd). But Lowell and those studio execs sure have some `splainin' to do. July 20, 2008

Cute Movie, But I Didn't Connect With It

This movie is about a woman played by Eva Longoria Parker who dies on her wedding day, and she goes to Heaven, or someplace close to it. She is sent back to Earth, and she thinks she is being sent back to stop her fiancee from seeing another woman. She gets this idea from talking to another spirit. The other woman played by Lake Bell is pretending to be a pyschic or someone who can speak to dead people, and eventually gets involved with Eva's character fiancee, played by Paul Rudd.

Eva is funny, quick witted. I laughed a little here and there, but she commences to giving Lake's character a very difficult time by haunting her and threatening her. Eva's character does succeed in breaking up the relationship between her fiancee and the psychic, but eventually she sees what she has done to her living fiancee is wrong. Then at the end, Eva Longoria Parker works to get the two couple together, and there is a happy ending with the couple marrying. And Eva's character returns to Heaven or whatever place that is feeling good about what she did. There are always happy endings in romantic comedies, right?

So, in my little opinionated world, I think I would get Eva's character better if they would have showed Paul Rudd character more with Eva's character before she died. I didn't get their connection because the beginning before she died was so quick and only one scene. But the rest of the film was cute with funny scenes and dialogue set up to keep your attention. So, it wasn't all that bad.

I enjoyed it somewhat, but I know I won't watch it again.

Thanks. July 16, 2008

Don't spend the time or money on this one!

I love Eva but this movie was disappointing. I am addicted to Desperate Houswives and a big fan but this movie (+ her acting) did not do her justice. She looked like she had the worse fake tan and the movie just lacked humor and romance! So much for a romantic comedy!

This is just a remake of "Just Like Heaven" featuring Reese Witherspoon, which had a better plot and acting. If you are into these kinds of movies I recommend that one over this one.

I don't know how anyone could rate this movie higher than 1 star!

Sadly, it was a waste of money and time! June 16, 2008

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