Over Her Dead Body
User Score
4.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 34
  3. Negative: 13 out of 34

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  1. ColinF.
    Jan 31, 2008
    9
    Girlfriend took me and thought i'd hate it. Acutally thought it was really funny and the lead chick was really hot.
  2. MikeP
    Feb 19, 2008
    4
    A decently funny movie, not much plot though!
  3. ChadS
    Feb 2, 2008
    5
    If Eva Longoria Parker wants to escape the ignominity of being "just" a television star, she needs to get smart about picking her projects. For starters, don't position yourself as the woman people are rooting against. When Longoria read the script for "Over Her Dead Body", did she understand that the ice angel was her doppleganger? If you can't sympathize with a bride who dies on her wedding day, for crying out loud, your purported romantic/comedy is doomed. "Ghost" worked because the Patrick Swayze character was a good guy. Even though "Over Her Dead Body" belongs to a different genre from that schmaltzy tearjerker, the audience needs some sense as to why Henry(Paul Rudd) can't move forward with his life. Instead of anger, we should feel commiseration towards Kate, as she watches Henry fall in love with another woman. But we don't, because Kate treats her former beau more like property than a human being. The only bright spot in "Over Her Dead Body" is Lake Bell(best known for being unceremoniously fired from David E. Kelly's "Boston Legal"), who might escape from the talking furniture before her better-known co-star does. Bell is like an earthier Tea Leoni.… Expand
  4. AmandaS
    Jun 13, 2008
    5
    Lake and Rudd were worth watching. I can't wait to see what else those two do together. But I wanted to leave the room every time the camera moved away from them. Longoria should take this as a nice fizzling moment to disappear into....
  5. LewisB
    Sep 14, 2008
    2
    Horrific, to be fair. Acting and script were both terrible. Worst film I've seen this year.
  6. JukiS.
    Jul 27, 2009
    8
    Was positively surprised by the idea of the story.Bell as psychic part time job and Rudd and Biggs would like to see them in more scenes.
  7. JakeJ.
    Jan 31, 2008
    2
    WoW! What a stinker! Can I get my money back?
  8. PatB.
    Jan 30, 2008
    10
    Not just a chick flick! Girlfriend dragged me along and I thought it was funny!
  9. BuzzB.
    Feb 1, 2008
    0
    Lacks any charm, wit or humour. Wooden performances and awful script. Avoid.
  10. JayH
    May 2, 2008
    5
    I was not impressed with Eva Longoria Parker, but Paul Rudd was good. Strained comedy has a few laughs but overall it's predictable and shallow.
  11. JoeyK
    May 30, 2008
    7
    With entirely indifferent expectations going in, I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Sure it wasn't a cinematic masterpiece, but it was fun to watch.It was predictable, but it was still plenty entertaining. It successfully struck a balance between boring and too cliched. It wasn't a laugh riot, but it was very funny. There are some great jokes in there. I guess some reviewers can't appreciate a natural sounding joke, and will only notice the humor in a romantic comedy if it's outrageous, stupid, and nauseatingly charming. The acting was great, the writing was great. It's a good movie. People may have thought it was bland, but it was just right, for a worthwhile movie to watch when you have the time.… Expand
  12. JesusS.
    Jun 7, 2008
    10
    This movie is awesome and raw I like to watch it again and again because it is so funny!
  13. KarenZ
    May 8, 2009
    8
    Wasn't expecting much but this movie was really funny. I plan on renting it again. Eva Longoria is adorable and can really pull off a comedy.
  14. kristinh
    Feb 14, 2008
    10
    Amazing! It was a great V-day movie and although predictable, what romantic movie isnt? Very good!
  15. Karen
    Feb 27, 2011
    0
    This has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. I couldn't even watch it through to the end. Other actors might have been able to pull this off but not this ensemble. It's pushed as a romantic comedy but it fulfills none of the criteria that makes up either of these genres. In fact, this movie is so bad I took the time to register for an account on this site just to rate how awful it is. No other movie has earned this dubious honour.… Expand
  16. RodrigoBGC
    Oct 10, 2011
    1
    movies like this are simply crap, please someone stop this kind of **** this is just an insult to the good movies, movies like this are the reason why men hate the romantic comedy, please stop doing this kind of ****

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
30 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 29 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 29
  3. Negative: 12 out of 29
  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    The result, while not horrifically bad, is as mediocre a motion picture as you're likely to find in a multiplex this season. It's tough to hate the movie because it doesn't generate enough emotion for that kind of passion.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Josh Rosenblatt
    20
    Where Over Her Dead Body should soar with blistering verbal gymnastics, it limps with empty sass about weight gain and skin blemishes; where it should race with inventive comic set-pieces, it slogs with extended flatulence sequences and gags about lifting overweight dogs.
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    50
    Many a comic potentiality is underworked, and the film's prevailing tone is obnoxiously erratic -- surely the supporting eccentrics (Jason Biggs and Lindsay Sloane) aren't supposed to be so off-putting? -- but it rests safe when entrusted to the charisma of its principals.
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