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Zombie romance surprisingly sweet testament to love

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A zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) narrates his thoughts about a post-apocalyptic world in Jonathan Levine's "Warm Bodies."

Julie (Teresa Palmer) protects a zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) from a bullet to his head in Jonathan Levine's surprisingly sweet undead romance "Warm Bodies."

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A zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) saves a human girl (Teresa Palmer) from becoming a snack in Jonathan Levine's surprisingly sweet undead romance "Warm Bodies."

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Nicholas Hoult is officially the cutest undead guy in the history of the zombie film genre. He's the star of "Warm Bodies," a dopey, schmaltzy "love will conquer all" premise, carried out with panache and sincerity by Jonathan Levine, who treats the story not as a zombie tale, but a thinly disguised plea for humanity to save our world by letting what unites us triumph over what divides us.