Zombieland

Zombieland (2009), starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray as himself. Two out of five stars.

The world is infested with zombies. Woody Harrelson and the annoying Jesse Eisenberg are two of the few humans that remain. They team up and drive east. Along the way, they get conned by two sisters, played by Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. They give chase and then the four travel together.This is a horror comedy, but if you've seen the movie trailer, then you've seen all the funny bits. The only surprise is Bill Murray so I won't say more on him.

Jesse Eisenberg. He reminds me of Michael Cera from Juno (2007), but without the depth or range. I first saw Eisenberg in  Roger Dodger (2002). He plays a teen-aged nephew being taught by an uncle on how to pick up women. Seven years later, Eisenberg still has the same acting tics -- stuttering and stammering starts to dialogue. I'll call it the Woody Allen. Casting agents: stop casting slender, curly haired white guys as stuttering nerds. Change the formula up. We are bored.

Abigail Breslin. Who can forget Breslin as Olive, a chubby, child pageant contestant in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)? She can ride on those laurels for sometime and rightfully so. I look forward to see her in future movies. I like watching child actors grow up. Do you remember Elijah Wood in The Good Son (1993) opposite Macaulay Culkin? To think Wood grows up to play Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings (2001) !!! Or how about Anna Paquin as the little girl from Piano (1993) who later plays Rogue in X-Men (2000) and Sookie Stackhouse from True Blood (2008)?

Woody Harrelson. A likeable actor. He's been in alot of stuff, too much to list. He's a pothead and seems happily stoned in photos, but he's got range and established this along time ago -- he played an airhead bartender in Cheers (1985-1993) and a psychopathic serial murder in Natural Born Killers (1994).  Harrelson is great in comedy. The role in Zombieland seems to have been written for him. There was senseless destruction of property, lewd comments, child-like focus on something (pursuit of Twinkies), etc. The role suited him or he suited it. At any rate, it looked like he had delirious fun swearing and hollering and his enthusiasm makes him fun to watch.