movie review - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2016.12.23
Which aristocrat will marry which daughter? Or will the zombies win out, having already over-run 95% of the UK. Will the modern viewer be able to tolerate the sexism and patriarchy woven into the story of half a dozen ass-kicking warrior women?
I thought I'd enjoy this more than I did and found that the whole thing just didn't work. As a fan of Doctor Who I was delighted to see Matt Smith playing an insufferable ass of a priest. Other than that, I was rooting for the zombies fairly early on. (And spoiler alert, I think in the mid-credits scene that's what was implied.)
Not recommended.