Excellent, Without a doubt!!

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I was looking forward to watching it after reading loads of positive reviews but I just wasted 90 minutes or so of my life

I'll cut right to the chase — I really didn't like this movie. It just bored the hell out of me, honestly.Grant Mazzy (played by Stephen McHattie, though I really wanted it to be Hugh Laurie), former "shock jock" turned radio announcer, has an odd experience on his way into work one morning. While in the church basement studio of the local radio station, the day just gets weirder and weirder as he, along with station manager Sydney (played by Lisa Houle) and technical assistant Laurel-Ann (played by Georgina Reilly) slowly piece together their new reality — the town is being taken over by a deadly virus that is spread by the English language.I mean, I get it, it's a more metaphorical and psychological premise rather than relying on gore and action. There's no close-up shots of zombies (actually, director Bruce McDonald stresses that they are NOT zombies but in fact "conversationalists") being speared through the head or brains splattering on the nearby walls. I don't need blood and guts to enjoy a movie. But this was just… no. We stopped it maybe 15 minutes from the end because I couldn't stop rolling my eyes."Your friend is sick. I've seen a lot of this lately. She doesn't know it yet, but she's hunting us." — Dr. MendezThe plot line itself wasn't lost on me. I liked the idea of the movie taking place entirely in the studio — the claustrophobic and almost surreal feeling was well done. I like the symbolism of the English language having stronger repercussions than we might like to believe. But the acting and dialogue were just stilted and awkward. Most of the interactions seemed forced and exaggerated. There were lines that just didn't belong, and others that I felt didn't match the mood or tone of what was going on. In order to carry a story that is as unorthodox as this, you need the chops to back it up, and I didn't think this movie delivered.My husband commented after that it would have been much scarier and more interesting if it had been Mazzy alone in the studio, just trying to piece together what happened on his own. I don't think the interactions between him and Sydney or Laurel-Ann really added much, and him being solo in the movie would have added to the claustrophobic feeling in a big way. Alas! There's apparently two sequels in the works so maybe I'll give one of those a watch.

Pontypool is one of the most thrilling films I have ever seen. Its central conception of the peculiar virus that infects the citizens of the small town is so original, that no viewer will ever see it coming. Although this big surprise comes up during the second half of the movie, the narrative keeps the viewer at the edge of his/her seat right from the first second by its ingenious introduction as well as its exciting characters. Stephen MacHattie is actually giving an energetic and fully consistent performance. Through the radio broadcast the characters and the audience can only guess what is going on outside. The contained radio station works in the beginning as a safe zone, but as the nature of the virus is gradually revealed and explained, the tension is being built up to the point where no one is safe! Finally a horror film that has no need for CGI and explicit scenes of violence to make it work!Watch the scene after the ending credits!

I really wanted to like this film. I thought its premise was interesting - rehash a 'War Of the Worlds' scenario for a modern audience and see what happens. This movie, though, was so full of holes that it distracted from its believability.First of all, it was too artsy-fartsy. That, in itself, is thrilling if nonsensical jargon is your thing. If it is then you'd think this was a sublime film that deserves an Oscar for best script.The four main actors were pretty believable up until the movie turned sour. A virus that is spread by words? I'd think if they illustrated this idea instead of just presenting it as plausible then perhaps the movie would, indeed, be something to behold. But if I am to just accept that viruses can be spread by words, why stop there? Let's see carcinomas created when the kitchen light goes on or watching Sesame Street breaks your legs.I stayed all the way through with this film because I was hoping it'd suddenly turn around by its final scene as it did in Dogtooth. But I was robbed. It was just full of talking for talk's sake. The producers should put a warning that 'Pontypool' is just a yam-fest. I would've kept my distance. I gave it two stars because it was an interesting film poorly executed and contained too many distracting holes.