The Dead Don't Die (2019)

A small town with a population of 738 people suddenly finds itself under attack by zombies emerging from the local cemetery. The town's sheriff (Bill Murray) and his deputy (Adam Driver) find themselves ill prepared for the apocalypse that follows. Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch (ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE), lame pretty much sums up this zombie comedy! Jarmusch's screenplay is pretty straightforward but he has his actors deliver their lines in a flat near monotone with straight faces and assumes that's enough to get laughs. There was scattered laughter through out the theatre but it seemed forced as if they felt obligated to laugh ("Oh, this is supposed to be funny, I'd better laugh so that everyone knows I get it"). If this had been made back in 1957 with a B cast like Jeff Morrow, John Agar, Allison Hayes and Lon Chaney Jr. and played straight, it probably would have been more amusing than the condescension we get here. What we get are first rate talent slumming and it's not a pretty sight. With Tilda Swinton, Chloe Sevigny, Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Tom Waits, Rosie Perez and  Caleb Landry Jones.