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This week, we’re watching Over Her Dead Body.

What I Liked: Eva Longoria Parker plays an over protective ghost that begins haunting the psychic woman that her former fiance, played by Paul Rudd, begins to date.  Eva does well playing a spiteful spirit that hasn’t moved on yet.  Although the role is not anything new since I’m sure she has mastered the selfish spoiled role from her television show “Desperate Housewives”.  As in most of his roles Paul Rudd is once again great as a sarcastic nice guy; but this time he shows a lot of feeling as the mourning widower. The surprise in this film is Lake Bell, who plays the psychic haunted by Eva’s ghost.  She pulls off the quick humor, and the physical humor very well.  The dialogue is smart, and the gags are humerous but not gut busting.

What I Disliked: Something just feels like it is missing in this film and I just can’t seem to put my finger on it.  Perhaps it is the fact that we get to know hardly anything about the relationship between Rudd and Longoria Parker’s character except they loved one another.  But was Eva’s character always a snobby woman or did she have any sweetness at all to her?  Was she always so demanding, or was is it just because she loves her fiance so much?  Because none of these questions are answered, you really don’t like Eva’s character and don’t really feel sorry for her.  Or maybe what’s missing is Jason Biggs importance in the film.  Sure he plays Lake Bell’s partner, but he just seems out of place.  There doesn’t seem like he even needs to be in the film.

Would I Recommend?: While “Over Her Dead Body” is a cute movie, it isn’t anything really special.  In truth you’ll probably forget about the film with in a few hours.  But it is a film worth seeing if you’re with that special someone and you have nothing to do.  Maybe you should see this as a Matinee, so you’ll still have other things to do together after the film.

Score: 4 out of 10

- John T. McMillin

What I Liked: I haven’t laughed that hard at a movie in years.  I’ve never really watched Eva Longoria act and to be honest I feared she would be terrible in this role.  I was truly surprised to find she is quite comical.  Paul Rudd and Lake Bell had great on screen chemistry and brought their characters to life.  The ending was predictable but I had such a good time seeing how the storyline moved towards the end that I was okay with knowing what was going to happen.

What I Disliked: The only thing I didn’t like about the movie was that towards the end the plot tried to go a really weird route.  Sorry this is a spoiler-one character who confesses to pretending to be gay was just a scenario that the film could have done without.

Would I Recommend?: I would absolutely recommend this movie.  It’s not just a chick flick.  It had humor for both sexes.  It’s laugh out loud and burst into applause funny!

Score: 8 out of 10

- Ashley Grant

What I Liked: The animals stole the show, especially the parrot.  They seemed to be more committed to their roles than the actors.  Paul Rudd, as the mourning fiancé, and Jason Biggs, as the assistant, are pleasant and appealing, and so are the women.  But even though they are visually attractive, they lack substance and unique characteristics. It’s too much fluff, and not enough heart.

What I Disliked: The broad, slapstick humor can be uncomfortable to watch at times.  Even though the audience’s laughter drowned out dialogue during the movie’s humorous anecdotes and one liners, the humor was minimal, failing to adequately sustain the film for 95 minutes.

Would I Recommend?: If you are looking for mindless entertainment, with some humorous moments, you’ll like it.  This is a movie for single women who want a “girls night out.” Leave the men at home.  It’s well intentioned, and we all know where the road to good intentions will lead.

Score: 3 out of 10

- Courtenay O’Connell