The unholy offspring of Pete's Dragon and Fight Club, this features what might possibly be the first ever instance of a Manic Pixie Dream Corpse* as Paul Dano's lonely shipwreck victim and Daniel Radcliffe's flatulent zombie navigate their way back to civilisation. While the critics are all over this one, I have (minor) reservations - the unending whimsy starts out charming and even exhilarating, but eventually begins to feel like a rejected concept piece for last year's John Lewis Christmas ad. Absolutely worth a watch, but I think I might have liked it better as a short.
*Only possibly, because although I haven't seen it, I suspect Warm Bodies might hold this particular honour.
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