manjodude A quite striking movie with a subtle horror touch.When I started off watching Autopsy, the expectations were low. But I must say if this movie was made with a pretty high-figure budget with the same director, it would have done much, much better commercially.I really liked the direction, the way the plot moves and the performances especially that of Joe Estevez as the corrupt morgue doctor Dale Brodsky. He's truly an actor and I felt he resembled the Sheens. So it was a pleasant surprise when I read later that he's the younger bro of Martin Sheen :) The other fellow who lifts the movie with his sincere performance is John Scott Mills as Charlie Bickle, the morgue worker. Dina Osmussen as Jane Doe is pretty and also acts fairly.Well, there were couple of bloopers which could have been avoided. One of the dead bodies who has eyes open began to shed a tear when the camera panned on her face for a long while :) Another horror(not a compliment) was the makeup on the dead faces! I guess they tried within whatever budget they had.Verdict: Still a good effort. One of the better B-grade horror movies I've seen.

merklekranz I am not opposed to ultra low budget direct to video productions. A couple come to mind ( "Night Feeders" and "Inbred Redneck Alien Abduction") that were somewhat amusing, sort of the "cream of the crap". What we have here is a one joke movie that plays out in the first ten minutes, with no further development. You can ride the fast forward button for the remaining time, miss nothing, and avoid having to listen to Jose Estevez doing a stale Martin Sheen imitation for another 70 minutes. The subject of having a love affair with a corpse was handled far better in "Mortuary Academy", a movie which I highly recommend. - MERK

Claudio Carvalho The lonely Charlie Bickle (John Scott Mills) works in a morgue owned by the corrupt Dr. Dale Brodsky (Joe Estevez) cremating bodies and lives with his crippled wife Mary (Ginny Harman). Dr. Dale illegally sells body parts before the cremation, bribing dirty policemen. When Charlie meets the suicidal Jane Doe (Dina Osmussen), he falls in love for her and dates the corpse until her twin sister comes to the morgue seeking her missing sister."Autopsy: A Love Story" is a very cheap production, actually almost amateurish, that has an intriguing, original and bizarre screenplay that works most of the time and captivates the attention until the last scene, and two good lead actors, John Scott Mills and Dina Osmussen. Unfortunately the histrionic Joe Estevez has another ham performance with his character that is neither dark nor funny. I liked this film because I am fan of weird movies, but I do not recommend it to average viewers that like blockbusters. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Autópsia - Uma História de Amor" ("Autopsy - A Love Story")

SWZwick Another promising idea sunk by the unwillingness of the creator to let others reel him in. I gave it a nine because I found myself watching the damn thing in spite of the incredibly crappy production values and the unnecessary blah blah. Basically, he creates an intriguing central character, but the actor seems overly aware of the fact that he is being played for humor. Also, too much exposition -- too much background on the living girlfriend -- although the trick of having it revealed as the central character unburdons himself to the dead girlfriend provides a good segue into what is going on. Some of the jokes are brilliant -- but then they repeat themselves over and over and over and over... Again, I gave it a nine because I watched the thing to the end -- despite its glaring faults. Compared to Weekend at Bernie's and other films about stiffs, this one is quite lively. You care about the relationship between the living guy and himself -- and even between himself and the dead girl. It just needs to be made by a real director....