Life After Beth

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Life After Beth

R

2014

1h 30m

Comedy

Horror

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A guy (Dane DeHaan) discovers that his girlfriend (Aubrey Plaza) has returned from the dead, but his joy turns to horror as she slowly undergoes a horrible transformation.

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Critics Consensus

In spite of Aubrey Plaza's committed performance, Life After Beth remains a sketch-worthy idea that's been uncomfortably stretched to feature length.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

Plaza gives the film its motor, and if Baena's control of the material is occasionally uncertain, 'Life After Beth' plays best when it feeds off her manic, gonzo energy, and runs with it.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/05/2014

2/5

Getting people in creepy makeup to gurn and shuffle and get shot isn't automatically scary plus hilarious.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

10/05/2014

3/5

Plaza steals the show with one foot in the grave, her rotting heroine ricocheting between adolescent snarkiness and cadaverous rage, a lethal combination of which no one around her has the measure.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/20/2023

4/5

Even if it delivers a number of expected jokes and gags, there's enough surprising elements that are brought to life by an immensely talented cast of comedians to entirely elevate the material.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/05/2022

2.5/4

In the long tradition of zombie metaphors, the whole movie stands as an allegory for dealing with the heartache of loss, be it the loss of life, or simply a bad breakup where the other party seems to become a raging monster afterward.

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Dan Brightmore

NME (New Musical Express)

05/26/2021

3.5/5

Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza go for the jugular with undead laughs in a zombie rom-com.

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Danielle C.

@DaniELLIE Dec 14

Idk why this got such bad reviews I thought it was really cute and funny. It definitely had a good plot. I think it could have been executed a little bit better but it definitely doesn’t deserve a 30 something percent.

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07/08/2025

Really only worthwhile because Matthew Grey Gubler was in it.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/14/2025

Failure in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kenny K

@RT82031656 05/10/2025

Interesting and funny for the first hour, then it all fell apart. Aubrey Plaza was excellent up to that point. Why so little of Anna Kendrick?

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jpdanzig T

@RT28285067 01/25/2025

A fine cast is completely wasted in this poorly written and directed zombie pile of poop. I thought A24 used to release good films, but that was then. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE...

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alan g

@agenser 01/05/2025

A tv skit stretched out to movie length. Horrible cast. Decent directing with poor actors to work with. Aubrey Plastered should give up acting and go to the circus. Her manic performances would do well there.

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Synopsis

A guy (Dane DeHaan) discovers that his girlfriend (Aubrey Plaza) has returned from the dead, but his joy turns to horror as she slowly undergoes a horrible transformation.

Director: Jeff Baena
Producer: Michael Zakin, Liz Destro
Screenwriter: Jeff Baena
Distributor: A24
Production Co: American Zoetrope, Abbolita Productions, StarStream Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Brief Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Sexual Content|Some Horror Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.3K
Runtime: 1h 30m