zenjunkie Unlike the other reviews I really liked this film. The series was exceptionally brilliant but ended abruptly with nothing resolved. This film rounded everything off nicely. I get the feeling that some reviewers didn't get the ending. Think about it guys - it was perfect!OK now - watch out for spoilers coming up. I will say this much - I missed the original Daisy, her vulnerability made her character special. Having said that her replacement handled the part well. I also missed Rube - but the whole film was about how they handle his 'moving on' and events leading to the ending as they deal with the annoying Cameron. Everyone else was as before. The whole thing with Reggie is finally sorted and everyone gets a better understanding of what their role in reaping actually is. Now - the ending (stop reading now if you don't want to know). There could be no other ending if you think about it. Georgia takes Rube's place. Perfect. If you truly loved the series - you will not be disappointed. Remember - everything must pass.

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.

aklauren I came to the series late, in 2011, watching them all via Netflix and so tore through both seasons at 2-3 episodes a night. It was all the good things other reviewers have mentioned, and I was disappointed to realize two seasons was all she wrote--until I discovered the follow-up movie! After the pain of losing Deadwood so abruptly, this at least would serve to tie things up. Well, it not only fails to tie up anything, it spits in the eye of the original series and left me feeling faintly nauseous. So please, if you loved the show, keep your positive memories and avoid this travesty like the pox on good writing that it is. Trust me--you'll regret watching far more than you'll regret skipping it.

LarryC1 If this represents Brian Fuller's (director of the first few episodes of the series) work, then it was a good thing that he left! This DVD movie is flat and disappointing. It is, at times, illogical (the series had a strict logic to it). For example, if shooting the bad guy through the head doesn't 'kill' him, then why, for heaven's sake does cutting him up with a chain-saw and burning the body do the trick? The plot doesn't seem to know where it is going with result that the viewer loses interest. Dolores Herbig has lost her bubbly enthusiasm, Mason is now hopelessly addled, Daisy's past is no longer believable or relevant and Roxy is now somewhat scary and dangerous! Rube is sorely missed. This is a dumbed-down version of the original series. WHAT A PITY!!