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Anna and the Apocalypse

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 32m
  •  (95)
  • 63

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John McPhail

Producer:

Naysun Alae-Carew, Tracy Brimm, Stephen Jarvis

Writer:

Alan McDonald, Ryan McHenry

Release Date:

Nov 30, 2018

Runtime:

1hr 32m

Synopsis

Zombie movies are cool. Holiday movies are cool. High school musicals are cool. Anna and the Apocalypse is the unholy genre mash-up that begs the question: why not all three? This rowdy zom-com takes place in a small Scottish town, where Anna (Ella Hunt) and her teenage cohorts go from trying to survive school to singing and dancing their way through a full-blown outbreak of the undead. Funny, festive, gory, and toe-tappingly catchy, this movie proves that the best defense against a zombie apocalypse is a smile and a song. And also: weapons.

Cast

  • Ella Hunt
  • Malcolm Cumming
  • Sarah Swire
  • Christopher Leveaux
  • Ben Wiggins
  • Marli Siu
  • Mark Benton
  • Paul Kaye
  • Ella Jarvis
  • Calum Cormack

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Verified Review
#surprising

High school, Christmas, Zombies and all together in a musical. Absolutely Perfect

AB
Alison B
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#original
#hilarious

Good songs, but the story and plot were pretty lacking. The dialogue was also generally really predictable and cheesy. But the songs were awesome.

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J P
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Metacritic

63
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Based on 27 Critics
6.3

USER SCORE (42)

Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Reviews
75
Dec 7, 2018

Show tunes meet Shaun of the Dead in the delightfully gruesome Scottish horror-musical Anna and the Apocalypse.

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Metacritic review by Brad Wheeler
Brad Wheeler
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
50
Dec 6, 2018

The results take neither the high road nor the low road, settling instead for an oddly bland middle course.

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Metacritic review by Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
58
Nov 29, 2018

There’s a rich, hilarious novelty to the film’s juxtaposition of glittering pop and ultraviolence, but by virtue of the clear disconnect between story and song, that novelty quickly wears thin.

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Randall Colburn
Consequence
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