Cooties

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Cooties

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2015

1h 36m

Comedy

Horror

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Elementary-school teachers (Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson) come under attack from children who have been turned into vicious monsters by contaminated chicken nuggets.

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Critics Consensus

A horror-comedy without enough of either, Cooties is fatally content to skate by on its intriguingly oddball premise.

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

09/18/2015

C-

I honestly have no clue who this film is for. Whoever they are, they're likely to walk out of the theater wanting a refund.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

09/18/2015

1.5/4

A midnight movie for those fine with dozing off about twenty minutes in, once the charm of its single sentence log-line has worn off.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

09/18/2015

2.5/4

While directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion want to have their laughs and horror, too, the film is something of a zombie itself: half-alive and bloody, but lacking any heart.

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

09/02/2022

1.5/4

It doesn’t commit enough to make the premise pop and ends up reaching for jokes and sinking into bad taste.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

05/27/2022

2.5/4

Extreme gore and a silly sense of humor combine into an often funny but ultimately forgettable experience.

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Travis Johnson

sbs.com.au

10/24/2021

People straight up react badly when you kill kids.

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Red in D

@redindenver 1d

I gave this movie 1-1/2 stars only because I like Elijah Wood, whose talent was wasted here. And because it is fairly original (bloodthirsty, cannibal grade schoolers going after the oddball faculty). I didn't laugh or even SMILE at any of what was (at least I THINK it was) supposed to be funny. I think the humor would probably have appealed to me when I was very young.

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Lauren R

@Llouisero May 24

Dark comedy classic! I don't think I've ever laughed so hard! It's perfection tbh lol. I don't understand all the bad reviews - no sense of humor I guess! Plus, if Elijah Wood is ever in a movie, you know it's gonna be a banger.

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Peyton W

@CCHS_Football_2834 Feb 12

This movie is gruesome and its very good and funny

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Madam D

@Madam1948 Feb 2

3.25 stars. Pretty funny having the zombies be kids. And their teachers have to escape from them. Some of the comedic lines were really good. Not bad at all, much better than I thought it would be.

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J T

@Nevermindthnx Jan 1

It's not everyday you will see a movie as original as this!

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iamnotanumber41 T

@Iamnotanumber41 Sep 23

Started watching this one than realized half way through that I’d already seen it. It really is that forgettable. If you want to see mindless zombie kills you’ll like this one more than me. If you want to something to fall asleep too this one is not for you. The sound for this is poorly mixed.

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Synopsis

Elementary-school teachers (Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson) come under attack from children who have been turned into vicious monsters by contaminated chicken nuggets.

Director: Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
Producer: Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Elijah Wood, Tove Christensen, Georgy Malkov, Steven Schneider
Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: SpectreVision, Glacier Films
Rating: R (Language|Horror Violence and Gore|Sexual References|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.0K
Runtime: 1h 36m