Andy Clark This is a great movie. I saw it cold, unsolicited and had never heard or read anything about it. I just sort of, stumbled upon it I guess.Spoilers- First things first, this is a different movie than any I had encountered before (and since have seen once through Warm Bodies). You follow the characters that have been turned into zombies through some infected soft-serve and beer. Not terribly believable, but still funny, and this film is at its heart a comedy.The way the film shows humans reacting from their point of view (like they are in fast-forward) is genius in my opinion. And drunk humans are able to understand them. Just pure genius.Cinematography was good. The use of black and white and color shots made complete and total sense, and definitely improved the viewing experience.Acting is pretty bad with some of the ancillary characters, but they take on an overall B horror movie aesthetic intentionally, so it fits.Don't come in here expecting a special effects blockbuster or a scary story. However, the story was good. I didn't think anything made no sense, which is a rare thing in the genre.Definitely worth the watch, and worth purchasing.

djderka You will have more fun and patience watching molasses flow through an inverted egg time that used to have salt. I sadly missed some of truTV World's Dumbest Drivers 11 and missed some of the great comments by the comedian commentators, because the video I rented was due the next day.This was soooo booooring, I could not believe it. Was it made in Sudbury, Ontario. It has that Canadian feel to it. Even 2x was not fast enough, I craved for 30X fast forward.Julianna Robinson was hot throughout the film tho, and she was wearing her strappy black high heel sandals throughout the film.What was this about. Uh, some zombies got unleashed in a bowling alley because of a government experiment gone wild. How original! The plot was very, very slow and the plot was nonsensical and totally uninteresting and non compelling.Now, readers you see why he Kohen Bros. will never equal the Waylan Bros., the Cohen Bros., or the Zuckers for comedy. Wasting Away really makes you appreciate those Scary Movies and Ariplane even more.I did not give it a 1 awful, because the production values were good, nice lighting, camera work, audio, and SFX. It is too bad the crew can't get a job on a good film where their talents won't be wasted.

William Ritchie I was shown this movie by friends of mine who rented it and thought I would get a kick out of it. Lets just say any further recommendations by them will get screened first.I've sat back and watched several attempts at zombie comedies come and go, most of them falling flat on their face, save for the gem "Deadheads". This movie was no exception.The concept of zombies being like everyone else just slower... Sure it's somewhat fresh, but it's not entirely unique, and from what I've heard from other people, it's this movies crowning achievement in 'creativity'. Well, in entertainment, creativity will get you about as far as a boat made of bread.With painfully forced acting and situational development, I kept checking my phone for the time again and again, waiting for the credits to roll.I may have just not "GOT" the point of the movie... But it just wasn't funny, and wasn't good. Granted I've seen far worse, and it did what it could with it's budget, better than most low-rung Hollywood productions, so that's why I'm giving it a generous 4 out of 10.

ElijahCSkuggs In any sub-genre of films, the zombie genre gets as much flack, or more, than any other sub-genre. At times it feels like these film-makers really are running out of ideas. But every once in a while you're given a breath of fresh air in a seemingly moldy genre. As with Colin (2008), what we have here is a flick that easily exceeded any expectations I had of it. The only expectations I had were that I hoped it wouldn't suck. And it most definitely did not.Wasting Away is a zomedy...do people say that? Zomedy? Is that frowned on? Or should I say Zom/Com? I'm gonna go with zomedy for now...then again, maybe I'll go with combie. Or maybe...I'll just switch it up and use all three. Yeah, that's what's gonna do down. So Wasting Away is a low-budget combie that in my opinion delivered a pretty damn satisfying flick. Our story revolves around a group of pals, two girls/two guys and one failed secret super soldier serum. To get a bit more specific the military, after failing with a super-soldier experiment attempted to dispose of this glowing green formula. Of course, along the way the truck on route to dispose of the stuff crashes and some of this toxic waste stuff gets into a carton of milk that one of our lead characters dumps into his soft-serve beer flavored ice-cream machine. And poof, after a little taste taste they're now, oblivious to them, zombies.Wasting Away is a zomedy that had a great idea at it's core. Throughout most of the running time our characters have no idea they are zombies, and this leads to some genuine comedic moments. You're given perspectives from their point of view (shot in color), and perspectives from the non-infected point of view (in black and white), and this is where the movie thrives. As they walk around thinking they're acting totally normal, the style will switch to black and white, and a normal dude taking a whiz behind a dumpster will look up and see a bunch of zombies shuffling towards him. Then it'll switch back to their perspective again as they're walking normally to the guy taking a whiz, and they're trying to ask him a question. Again, switch back to the guy taking a whiz, and it just appears to be zombies making zombie gestures. May not sound that funny or fresh, but it totally is.This zom/com without a doubt suckered me into it's fun style, but this combie ain't perfect by any means. Out of the five main characters, there are only two with any above average acting chops, but with a decent script, it wasn't that big of an issue for me. Unfortunately the flick is also full of bullet sized plot-holes. They're the type of plot-holes you could fill with a silly and dumb idea, but they're there nonetheless, and they do make you roll your eyes, but overall they weren't that annoying. Without a doubt my biggest issue, surprisingly enough, relates to their unique back and forth perspective. I really enjoyed this aspect to the film, but it was no way used enough, and at times not used correctly. The point of using this was to create silly scenes of these zombies doing human activities. But they only truly capitalized on this a couple of times, when they had numerous occasions to do so. Why wasn't there a switch during the bowling scene? Why wasn't there a switch when the kid was trying to talk to the parents? Why didn't they show them talking to any drunk people? I can go on and on with missed opportunities. But I suppose they did a good enough job there, as we did see zombies celebrating, making out, and even attempting to serve food in a inconspicuous manner. And I can only gather that it was either budget reasons, or just poor editing room decisions to why there wasn't more zombie silliness.Jeez, I'm doing some rambling here. So let's wrap this bad boy up shall we? Wasting Away is without a doubt a moan of fresh zombie breath in a sub-genre that feels like it's becoming zombified. This is one combie that delivered much more than I thought it would, and also, now this is the make or break moment for my comment...it's a much better film than Zombieland. If you like zombies, and like comedies, and/or a mixture of the two, and of course don't mind low-budget flicks, then you should definitely give this one a chance.