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Overrated and overhyped

Overrated

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

George Lass (Ellen Muth) is a grim reaper. She's been dead for 5 years after getting hit by a toilet seat from space. Der Waffle Haus has burnt down. Rube Sofer has moved on. Cameron Kane (Henry Ian Cusick) is the new supervisor. He has a different take on reaping. Daisy (Sarah Wynter), Mason (Callum Blue) and Roxy (Jasmine Guy) start breaking the rules. George has to reap popular school jock Hudson Hart who is secretly dating George's sister Reggie (Britt McKillip) behind his girlfriend Jennifer Hardick (Shenae Grimes)'s back. George's mother Joy (Cynthia Stevenson) has written a book about grief. George takes over at work from vacationing Delores. George is discovered by Reggie.This is a fine visit from the familiar characters despite the missing Mandy Patinkin and Laura Harris. It's really touching to have George and Reggie together. It wraps up the family's story quite nicely. I'm less taken with Cameron Kane. He's not much of a villain and that side of the movie needs to be much funnier. That half isn't much. Sarah Wynter is an inferior Daisy. In the end, it's great to have George back for a bit.

Dead Like Me, the TV series, was wonderful, simply wonderful. Dead Like Me the movie is a project that should have been discarded long before it came to shooting, the ONLY good thing about "Life After Death" is that Ellen Muth is in it.No Rube is one thing, but Daisy, oh, Daisy, that has to be the most terrible thing about the movie, absolutely NOTHING like Daisy, neither look, nor sound, nor character AT ALL, it was like Daisy herself was abducted and replaced by somebody totally different in every way, and NOBODY noticed.But she's not the only one. The new Young Georgia not only looked totally and completely different but sounded different (almost a German accent?!) and Millie (Georgia's visible self) was replaced with somebody far too close to Ellen's looks.Reggie's relationship with the jock was, well, so just damn out of character, and far too saccharine, I just sat there thinking "WHAT!". And Georgia getting kissed by what's his face Rube's replacement (who frankly was little more than an conduit for the comic relief of killing him) to, NO reaction from her. Huh?!For the rest of the team, especially Roxy, to throw away the notion of consequence, so readily, so absolutely readily, after ALL that had gone before (in the series), ALL the lessons learned where their actions, or lack of, had consequence, and for them to simply forget all that, in an instant, made no sense at all. Again, huh?!And finally, perhaps biggest of all, for Reggie to tell Joy about how she met Georgia and she's effectively alive, show her a picture etc but for Joy, JOY, to in the space of about 30 seconds totally move on from this... HUH!Quite simply, this movie should never have been attempted, too much time had passed since the series ended, the actors and the characters had changed too much in that space we "did not see". The series is the beginning of the story, the movie is the end of it, the middle part of the story, where clearly so much has happened, has been lost.With the exception of being able to watch Ellen's wonderful Georgia Lass for a short while longer, with that sole exception, "Life After Death" should be in my opinion not be watched by a fan of the series. It can only lead to a disappointing experience. I wish I had not watched it.

I just finished watching the entire series and this movie. I was a little afraid because I kept hearing how the movie was sub par in comparison to the rest of the series. For the most part I would agree in that the movie's storyline in regards to the rest of the characters was pretty weak, but the dynamics between Reggie and George almost completely makes up for it.While the rest of the characters seemed like just other people doing stupid crap, Mason becoming rich but still pining for Daisy, Daisy (who, I would have to say, was no where near like the Daisy from the series) becoming a theater actress but messing it up completely, and Roxy throwing everything she learned from Rube out the window so she could become a hero. In each one of these the characters were portrayed as completely the opposite of who they should be. Also their stories are no where near the line of compelling as they should be.George and Reggie finally sharing lines together is what made this movie. When you see them together it almost feels like they are real sisters who were torn apart because of a tragic freak accident. Both have been scarred and they only want to have a childhood together that was taken away. Unfortunately that isn't possible since George has to now live a different life. Also Reggie's struggle as she now loses someone else close to her, but also George's involvement with that loss, brings her to the edge of her sanity.It's only when the family dynamics, or more so the shattered family dynamics are on the screen that this movie works. George is dead, now living as a different person and a grim reaper who has to take people's souls before they die. Joy is trying to keep the one part of her family she still has left and make a connection with her. Reggie is trying to cope with the loss of her sister, even though George wasn't exactly nice to her in life, while dealing with the breakup of her parents.When the sisters are reunited, or when Reggie realizes that she has been reunited with George, it's very bittersweet. George is trying her best to make up for the fact that she was so mean to Reggie in her life, but she also understands that they can't stay together. Reggie also comes to understand that even though her older sister is there, she can't live as her sister.Don't be scared to give this movie a try. Even though some of the rest of it doesn't exactly make sense (I mean, come on, they launch a dead cat into space on a rocket?). But the story between George and Reggie was extremely well done and I actually did come away from this movie somewhat satisfied from that.

I only came across the TV series title in the last couple of weeks and sat through both seasons as fast as possible, as I absolutely loved it! After enjoying these immensely, I was looking forward to an extension of the same, within the movie. Unfortunately, the best I can say is that MOST of the acting and MOST of the dialogue wasn't too bad, and they did manage to get SOME story in there. In short, it was such a disappointment to find the movie had less content than an episode, seemed very choppy and forced most of the way through, started without a real beginning and finished without an end! I want my 87 minutes back! I guess as the old saying goes: "What has been seen cannot be unseen"... *sigh*