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Boy Eats Girl

  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 20m
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4.9/10
4.1K
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David Leon in Boy Eats Girl (2005)
A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, appetite for his beloved.
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A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control... Read allA boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.

  • Director
    • Stephen Bradley
  • Writer
    • Derek Landy
  • Stars
    • Samantha Mumba
    • David Leon
    • Tadhg Murphy
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    4.9/10
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    • Director
      • Stephen Bradley
    • Writer
      • Derek Landy
    • Stars
      • Samantha Mumba
      • David Leon
      • Tadhg Murphy
    • 38User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 nominations total

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    Samantha Mumba
    Samantha Mumba
    • Jessica
    David Leon
    David Leon
    • Nathan
    Tadhg Murphy
    Tadhg Murphy
    • Diggs
    Laurence Kinlan
    • Henry
    Sara James
    • Cheryl
    Mark Huberman
    Mark Huberman
    • Samson
    Sarah Burke
    • Charlotte
    Paul Reid
    Paul Reid
    • Shane
    Jane Valentine
    • Glenda
    Conor Ryan
    • Kenneth
    Deirdre O'Kane
    Deirdre O'Kane
    • Grace
    Doreen Keogh
    Doreen Keogh
    • Mrs. Brumble
    Bryan Murray
    • Mr. Frears
    Denis Conway
    • Craig
    Lalor Roddy
    Lalor Roddy
    • Fr. Cornelius
    Gary Lydon
    • Garda Sergeant
    Domhnall Gleeson
    Domhnall Gleeson
    • Bernard
    Elaine Murphy
    • Dympna
    • Director
      • Stephen Bradley
    • Writer
      • Derek Landy
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    5stupid_llama

    When Zombie Rom-Com Forgets the Bite

    Samantha Mumba brings some spark as the love interest in this Irish teen-zombie flick, and the premise should work - awkward teen Nathan accidentally zombifies his school after a botched resurrection, forcing his crush Jessica to navigate gory hallways and undead hormones. There's charm in the suburban Irish setting (imagine Shaun of the Dead but with uniformed teens and more rain). A few gags land, like Nathan's mom obliviously serving "special" meatloaf or a zombified jock still flexing in a mirror.

    But it's a shambles of missed opportunities. The satire on teen angst and conformity feels toothless - no real jab at clique mentality or authority figures, just splatter and slapstick. The gore's restrained to PG-13 levels, draining the fun from what should be chaotic, irreverent carnage. Characters make baffling choices (why is the principal still enforcing detention during an apocalypse?), and the tone wobbles between dark comedy and half-hearted romance without committing. It's neither scary nor sharply funny, just... there.

    The Verdict: Harmless for forgettable. Fails to ignite as satire, horror, or romance. Watch Shaun instead.
    8skorkk

    Harmless fun

    From the title "Boy eats Girl" it's pretty clear that this film is one that requires you to leave your brain outside the door. Do that and you should enjoy it. If you're hoping for anything more than a bit of enjoyable fluff, look elsewhere.

    The film starts off great, the audience gets to know the main characters quite well, and there are more than a few good laughs. It goes downhill slightly from the moment in the film were the infection begins to spread. This is mainly because it all seems so rushed. However the gory bits (which there is quite a lot of for a 15A film) are varied and inventive enough to keep the viewers entertained.

    The main cast all do a good job, in particular David Leon and Tadhg Murphy. Samantha Mumba is good in her role, but she hasn't got as much dialogue as you'd expect from the films lead. Some of the supporting cast however (for example, Bryan Murray as Fr.Frears) are awful.

    Overall it is an entertaining, funny, gory movie, and one of the best Irish productions in a long time.
    4movedout

    Not as bad as you'd think, not good either.

    Part satire and part romantic-comedy, Boy Eats Girl should be looked upon as a homage to the classic 70s horror genre and not a poor effort at recreating the success of Shaun of the Dead. Hailing from Ireland, it takes plenty of liberties in its character's settings and mannerisms. Not wholly European as you'd expect but it works on most levels, just not so much on the humour however.

    Nathan (David Leon) is the heartbroken teenager who accidentally kills himself after making the mistake of witnessing the love of his young teenage life, Jessica (Irish pop sensation, Samantha Mumba) in a compromising situation with his school's Lothario. Nathan's mother (Deirdre O'Kane) finds his lifeless body in his room and remembers the handy book of resurrection spells that she'd found just days earlier in the bowels of the church that she works at.

    As easy as you can say beginner's luck, she manages to bring back her son and gets him ready for the next day of school. Nathan starts to feel the effects of his zombification when he starts to feel impervious to pain and feels hungry all the time. His 2 pals, Henry and Diggs (Laurence Kinlan and Tadhg Murphy) who at times seem even less shiftless than their dead friend, get worried when they see Nathan's disenchantment with Jessica vanish.

    At the night's school disco, resident slut and girlfriend of the toughest jock in school, Cheryl (Sara James) propositions Nathan. Not exactly willing to do what Nathan wants from her, she ditches him. Unfortunately for Nathan, the jock boyfriend follows him as he stumbles on to the rugby pitch. Normally, this would be a cakewalk for bully-kind everywhere but Nathan's newfound undead ability of super-strength makes it easy for him to overpower the jock. He finally gives in to temptation and takes a couple of deadly chunks out of him. Nathan runs home and is given the bare bones of his worsening condition by his mother who promptly locks him in the garage as she finds a cure. Things start to get a whole lot worse for him after last night's attack starts a chain reaction of killings, each spawning a much more vicious version of Nathan's condition.

    The plot and situation 'borrows' heavily from a handful of movies, especially the 1993 cult classic, My Boyfriend's Back with virtually the same sub-plot of unrequited love between the unfortunate undead and his high-school sweetheart. As most will use Shaun of the Dead as a touchstone in understanding the film's comedy/gore tandem, it's intended use of black comedy and detached humour falls short.

    The backyard splatter that comes from fending off ravenous classmates and neighbours is refreshing to see and it does it well. The violence and the reactions of the harried survivors are always tongue-in-cheek which is satisfying, as the zombie horde never comes close to being scary, just downright silly. The flaying of skin and removal of limbs is a requisite in any good romp through a town full of undead. However, the gore starts of perfunctory, not exactly a good sign when it takes almost half the movie to get there.

    As the film progresses to its climax, a visible shift in priorities takes place. Suddenly, the story stops and a zombie free-for-all take place, courtesy of a pimped out tractor and surge of adrenaline from the heroine. As the movie is a relatively short enterprise, clocking in at about 77 minutes (including credits), it almost makes up for the lack of spilled blood and guts when the horror aspect of the film finally kicks in.

    Most satires succumb to taking themselves too seriously at some point in their films and Boy Eats Girl is no different. The romance between Nathan and Jessica felt too overdone in the beginning, leading to the most controversial scene in the movie that initially got it banned in its native Ireland. The attempted suicide scene was clumsy and awkward; not exactly an endorsement for depressed teenagers everywhere.

    The film starts out slow, working out the set-up of the eventual suicide that triggers the rest of the plot, leaving just a third of the movie for bona fide zombie mayhem. Each transition is disjointed and rushed, especially the weak example of a deus ex machina during the last minutes of the film.

    The 1-note characters and unresolved story lines are indicative of the apathetic acting and lack of fleshed out character development. Mumba does not show any signs of being a tough female character in the beginning, making a transformation into the movie's heroine seem out of character. Leon's Nathan seems too self-aware and confident to pull off being the angst-ridden chump who finds it hard to bring up his true feelings around Jessica.

    From start to end, its campy throwback to nonsensical horror-comedy masks over its inability to find its feet and its problematic attempts at satire. Suffering from a painfully short running time and an overly brisk pacing, Boy Eats Girl does not fulfill the potential that it has. What it does achieve is a quick and harmless way to spend just over an hour when bored.

    Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    7atinder

    Nice fun little zombie movie.

    This movie got the bad taste out of my mouth, after seeing blood car, this movie however is was fun movie.

    Even this movie had stereotype teens, who looked like they in mids 20's playing teens, if you can get past that.

    You end up really enjoying this movie.

    A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother, as a flesh-craving zombie

    I found this movie so-what Original, with mum bringing back her son after he killed himself.

    Also enjoyed some really decent funny moments, that work really well with the rest of the movie.

    There were some really good bloody messy scenes, which were fun to watch. 7 out of 10
    4paul_m_haakonsen

    Fairly weak addition to the zombie genre...

    I was of course drawn to "Boy Eats Girl" because it is a zombie movie, but also because of the pun title of the movie. And I am a sucker for anything zombie. I watched this movie back in 2005 or 2006, and then decided to revisit it again in 2019 and actually getting around to making a review of it.

    While "Boy Eats Girl" is a zombie movie, it wasn't really all that great, and I did remember it as being a funny movie from back around 2005-2006 when I first saw it. I guess my memory of the movie was off. Watching it again in 2019, I can honestly say that the movie is definitely watchable, but it is by no account a great addition to the zombie genre.

    There wasn't enough gore and zombie make-up or special effects to keep me properly entertained. I guess I am just way too seasoned when it comes to zombie movies and have a certain standard that I would like movies to have. "Boy Eats Girl" wasn't one such movie.

    It pains me to the very core when I see the zombies or infected running around and sprinting. Sure, it makes enough physiological sense when they return from the dead before rigor mortis has set in. But it just doesn't feel right, it is as if that shambling zombie feel is a must for a zombie to be scary for me.

    While the characters in the movie were pretty much stereotypical and generic college student, I will say that David Leon was actually the primary force driving the entire movie with his performance, and he was also the one with the more detailed and meaningful character.

    For a zombie movie, then "Boy Eats Girl" holds very little aside from a hilarious movie title. If you've seen it once, then chances are slim that you will return to watch it again. I know that I will not be returning again, now that I have my memory refreshed and up to date on the movie.

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    • Trivia
      Domhnall Gleeson's film debut.
    • Goofs
      At the start of the film, the car is a 1996 VW Golf with a Dublin registration number. When they pull up outside the house to drop Jess off, the car has changed into a 1993 model with Kildare plates. Later, when the car crashes after they run down Craig, it has changed back into the 1996 Dublin car again.
    • Quotes

      Diggs: Do you have any special powers or anything?

      Nathan: I'm stronger, I'm faster, and I don't feel pain.

      Diggs: Can you fly?

      Nathan: No, Diggs, I can't fucking fly!

      Diggs: Pity.

    • Connections
      Featured in Clean Break: Episode #1.4 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Spitting Games
      Performed by Snow Patrol

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    • Release date
      • September 23, 2005 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tatilde dehşet
    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Element Films
      • Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
      • Isle of Man Film
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      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $130,051
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 20m(80 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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