Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

zephyr-123 I was so surprised to find this movie because I was a big Dead Like Me fan from the start and was looking forward to seeing a wrap-up of it. Unfortunately, I was mostly disappointed. First off, there are some changes to some of the characters personalities. Of course, Daisy, comes to mind. They had to have another actress play her because Laura Harris either couldn't or wouldn't. People complain that Sarah Wynter is poor at depicting Daisy but I'm not so sure it's all her. When the original Daisy would open her mouth, something interesting came out. Not so with this movie. Daisy's lines in general are just boring. Along with that, there are a few changes in the way the original characters act as if whoever wrote the movie didn't participate in the series and didn't have a good grasp as to what it was all about. I thought perhaps they had different writers but the ones who worked on this also worked on the series. I don't want to give spoilers so I'll just say that some things that happen, esp. the ending with their "replacement" character for Rube, seem completely out of character for all of them. It just comes off as stupid and ridiculous. Another thing is, if they couldn't get Mandy Patinkin, they shouldn't have even bothered with this. He's too important for the composition of the characters to go without and the Henry Ian Cusick part was mostly annoying and pointless. I also wasn't too crazy at how George's mother's change in demeanor from sardonic, cynical and sarcastic to upbeat and recovered from her daughter's death was kind of jarring even though it made sense being after a five year period. There's also a edgy quirky darkness that the original had that is sadly missing here. The best most interesting part of the movie is what happens between George and her sister, which I don't want to say to, again, spoil anything but it is the part that makes this movie worth watching.

delightful-life Yes, all those reviews that say this movie is bad, is true.The story is bad and it has no real ending.This movie is actually not a movie - its like another episode of the TV series 'Dead Like Me' that was cancelled in 2005. That TV series did not have an ending, it was just left half way through.The premise was simple. A grim reaper going about his/her job.If you have been watching that show, this movie is 'Highly Recommended'.............. I really enjoyed seeing all the old cast. Reggie had grown up and it was great to see her as a nice teenage girl.If you had never seen the TV series, you should give this a pass. You may want to try the TV series it was good. Its pilot episode was superb. Much better than this movie. Give that at-least a try.Hope I have saved you some time.Cheers! :-)...............

james-2181 Dead Like Me, the TV series, was wonderful, simply wonderful. Dead Like Me the movie is a project that should have been discarded long before it came to shooting, the ONLY good thing about "Life After Death" is that Ellen Muth is in it.No Rube is one thing, but Daisy, oh, Daisy, that has to be the most terrible thing about the movie, absolutely NOTHING like Daisy, neither look, nor sound, nor character AT ALL, it was like Daisy herself was abducted and replaced by somebody totally different in every way, and NOBODY noticed.But she's not the only one. The new Young Georgia not only looked totally and completely different but sounded different (almost a German accent?!) and Millie (Georgia's visible self) was replaced with somebody far too close to Ellen's looks.Reggie's relationship with the jock was, well, so just damn out of character, and far too saccharine, I just sat there thinking "WHAT!". And Georgia getting kissed by what's his face Rube's replacement (who frankly was little more than an conduit for the comic relief of killing him) to, NO reaction from her. Huh?!For the rest of the team, especially Roxy, to throw away the notion of consequence, so readily, so absolutely readily, after ALL that had gone before (in the series), ALL the lessons learned where their actions, or lack of, had consequence, and for them to simply forget all that, in an instant, made no sense at all. Again, huh?!And finally, perhaps biggest of all, for Reggie to tell Joy about how she met Georgia and she's effectively alive, show her a picture etc but for Joy, JOY, to in the space of about 30 seconds totally move on from this... HUH!Quite simply, this movie should never have been attempted, too much time had passed since the series ended, the actors and the characters had changed too much in that space we "did not see". The series is the beginning of the story, the movie is the end of it, the middle part of the story, where clearly so much has happened, has been lost.With the exception of being able to watch Ellen's wonderful Georgia Lass for a short while longer, with that sole exception, "Life After Death" should be in my opinion not be watched by a fan of the series. It can only lead to a disappointing experience. I wish I had not watched it.

mojojones77 Well.... when I heard there was a 'Dead Like Me' movie I was extreme excited but as I saw the below mediocre poster on IMDb, that looks like it was done by a fan and that it was subtitled ':Life After Death' I have to admit, I wasn't too stoked anymore. As I began to watch the film, I began to realize this wasn't going to be the typical 'Dead Like Me' I know and love as I couldn't even recognize what I was watching. Now I know with movies from television series, they like to change things up to put us in the movie realm but with half-ass-ed, cheap looking title fonts and comic-book sequences that have nothing to do with the movie or the show 'Dead Like Me'. Whoever thought this was a necessary, needs to die in a car accident QUICK! Further more whoever thought it was a good idea to have a 'Dead Like Me' movie with a shitty, over-acting, clearly confused replacement for the actress who originally played Daisy(Laura Harris), needs to get eaten by a shark pronto! Sarah Wynter Can't act for the life of her, or she clearly didn't care to watch season 2 of 'Dead Like Me' because she would see Daisy like many of the characters is suppose to be played with ease not theatre acting no matter if that's in the movies story. Playing the character the way Sarah Wynter wanted too was a big mistake this time. Personally I wouldn't have a 'Dead Like Me' movie if I couldn't get the original Daisy, but what the hey.Now the plot of the movie is the typical plot you'd do for any half-ass-ed sequel or straight to DVD release, but the plot isn't the problem here even if its based on not being able to bring back one of the original actors(Mandy Patinkin: Rube). Once again though, thats not the problem here, the problem is the writing and the acting. This movie could of been saved if Bryan Fuller wasn't in such a hurry to get a 'Dead Like Me' movie finished, like as if it would make a difference when it was released, having a 'Dead Like Me'movie years after its cancelled. While watching the movie you sense the stench of rushed movie, all over place as if the director and the actors just wanted to get it all over with because they knew this was just a pay check and a way to get the lazy minded fans their do. Now the movie has its moments of good touching moments but they get killed quickly with elongated dialogue that's completely toothless, it would have been properly done if it those moments were based on short meaningful sentences that get straight to the point, not chances for over done acting with fuller dialogue.This is not by any means the 'Dead Like Me' movie and send off we've all been waiting for, and for true fans I'd appreciate the original way it ended even if it didn't give us much closure, because it was cancelled before it could have a last episode, but the way ti episode made sense as it didn't cross pounds the plot of 'Dead Like Me' could never go.