Zombie at 17

If you want to see a MUCH better film on this same material watch 'Contracted' instead, this film was a terrible waste of time.

Right, well given the movie's title "Zombie at 17", I must admit that I weren't having any particular grand hopes or expectations for this 2018 movie from writer Christine Conradt and director Alexandre Carrière.

But still, it is a zombie movie, and given my unhealthy interest in everything zombie, of course I had to sit down and watch the movie.

So how was it? Well, it was watchable, but it felt somewhat like writer Christine Conradt was trying to make something in the zombie genre what "Twilight" was for the vampire genre. Did it work? Well, perhaps if you are a young teen watching it, sure. But for a zombie veteran such as myself, then this movie wasn't particularly outstanding.

I managed to sit through it, and yeah it did have some interesting enough moments here and there. But ultimately it was just, for me at least, a very generic and mediocre movie. It felt like it was aimed at a younger audience, and at an audience looking for something to be the next "Twilight".

It should be said that the acting in the movie was actually quite good. But the storyline was just mediocre and the ending was just a slap to the face.

I am rating "Zombie at 17" a very mediocre five out of ten stars.

The acting was much like a Disney movie during October, so it was really nostalgic and had a lot of bits that were giggle-worthy. Unlike the other reviews that probably dropped it a few minutes in, I'd say give it a try if you're into the old-ish Disney live-action movies like: Halloween Town, Twitches, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, Hocus Pocus, etc... But don't expect this movie to be "A+", as it's just a movie to enjoy with family and/or friends, which my mother and I definitely did.

Character wise: The closeness of the family and friends is definitely unique and should be in things more often, because much like real life and other movies, many aren't close to their family or friends. I'd love to see more movies like this, as it's very refreshing and just a positive piece of work with a happy ending.

It was fairly complicated because two stories in one that had nothing to do with the other.

This feels like a TV movie crossed with iZombie without the comedy and nowhere near as good...however the script is a joke.

Basically a girl has been infected and is slowly turning into a zombie, the hit-and-run part of the story mentioned in the summary is a very small part of it.

This girl is at school with what looks like bruised eyes and no one notices or mentions it including her Mum.

Also, there is a murder, the alibis given are so lame and the evidence given to the Detective clearly gives them an obvious number 1 suspect but the Detective is so dumb she just can't see it. The mention of zombies doesn't seem to surprise anyone like its something common but at the same time they don't seem to know anything about zombies even though someone is seen watching Night of the Living Dead on TV.

The script is immature, the characters are dumb and their reactions to what is happening is a joke. I'm not sure if the actors just could not bring the script to life, the script was just unworkable (even if that's not even a work you know what I mean lol) or the director screwed up.

However, after watching over a 1000 zombie movies this was a little different, the overall idea was quite good but was poorly executed and it could have been so much better.

It's watchable if you ignore the plot holes but you would be better off watching Warm Bodies (2013) or Contracted (2013)