Over Her Dead Body (2008)

 

Genre: Romance/ Comedy

Time: 1h 35mins

Director: Jeff Lowell

Quick Summary: A ghost tries to sabotage her former boyfriend's current relationship with a psychic.

You know, some days you just have to sit back and enjoy life by watching an awful Rom-Com.

I'll tell you what, this isn't awful admittedly, it's just not laugh out loud and a lot of the humour feels very airy. It does follow the same pattern that almost every single Rom-com does, and you can see the ending from a mile away. But who cares, this is fun and simple. Easy. You really don't need to think about this, just enjoy it with all it's ridiculousness.

The romance is as soppy as expected, but it comes across and quirky awkward that does have a little bit of charm to it. The main actress, Lake Bell, though doesn't feel like she gives much, she gets overshone by Paul Rudd and Eva Longoria a ton as well the actuall character didn't have much from her aside from this awkwardly cute personality. But I did still like the romance between the pair as they did have a little bit of chemistry. 

One thing that did surprised me, and I'm not actually sure if I liked it, was the soundtrack. Featuring, "Entry of the Gladiators", "I Can See Clearly Now", and "Move along". It was a really mixed bag that honestly, made this film so much more funnier to me. 

I did find Eva's character extremely annoying and incredibly entitled. For most of the film I was thinking how the hell did Paul Rudd's character end up with her. The entire film, even though she is dead, she tries to stop him from getting with this psychic out of jealousy. God job, he still can't see or hear you though. She throws a few tantrums every now and again which got irritating too.

This film is pretty light and easy to take in. Don't expect anything ground breaking, but I guarantee you'll get some enjoyment out of this.

5/10