Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.
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Really Surprised!
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
With that summary title, I'll come up with what I didn't like first. Daisy (Sarah Wynter) was a serious mis-cast. She came across flat and amateurish. It was, literally, painful to watch (and I have watched this movie quite a number of times).They also made a mistake moving the location from Vancouver to Montreal. The West Coast scenery was missing, making it hard to believe it was supposed to be in Washington State. I know you gotta go where the money takes you, but still. And, of course, since the real Waffle House was demolished in New Westminster, that set was gone anyway.But there were also things that I liked. What happens when the team leader gets their lights? The movie was really the job interview for the new team leader, and only George passed it. I had also wondered - was it possible for a reaper's character to grow and mature? The series tantalized this question, with Daisy and Mason moving forward (especially in Season 2), but then also falling back repeatedly. In the movie, George grew. Which is also why she got the reaper promotion.And besides, don't you want to know what happens when a reaper reconstitutes themselves from their ashes and discovers they are in orbit?
Unlike the other reviews I really liked this film. The series was exceptionally brilliant but ended abruptly with nothing resolved. This film rounded everything off nicely. I get the feeling that some reviewers didn't get the ending. Think about it guys - it was perfect!OK now - watch out for spoilers coming up. I will say this much - I missed the original Daisy, her vulnerability made her character special. Having said that her replacement handled the part well. I also missed Rube - but the whole film was about how they handle his 'moving on' and events leading to the ending as they deal with the annoying Cameron. Everyone else was as before. The whole thing with Reggie is finally sorted and everyone gets a better understanding of what their role in reaping actually is. Now - the ending (stop reading now if you don't want to know). There could be no other ending if you think about it. Georgia takes Rube's place. Perfect. If you truly loved the series - you will not be disappointed. Remember - everything must pass.
Yes, all those reviews that say this movie is bad, is true.The story is bad and it has no real ending.This movie is actually not a movie - its like another episode of the TV series 'Dead Like Me' that was cancelled in 2005. That TV series did not have an ending, it was just left half way through.The premise was simple. A grim reaper going about his/her job.If you have been watching that show, this movie is 'Highly Recommended'.............. I really enjoyed seeing all the old cast. Reggie had grown up and it was great to see her as a nice teenage girl.If you had never seen the TV series, you should give this a pass. You may want to try the TV series it was good. Its pilot episode was superb. Much better than this movie. Give that at-least a try.Hope I have saved you some time.Cheers! :-)...............
If this represents Brian Fuller's (director of the first few episodes of the series) work, then it was a good thing that he left! This DVD movie is flat and disappointing. It is, at times, illogical (the series had a strict logic to it). For example, if shooting the bad guy through the head doesn't 'kill' him, then why, for heaven's sake does cutting him up with a chain-saw and burning the body do the trick? The plot doesn't seem to know where it is going with result that the viewer loses interest. Dolores Herbig has lost her bubbly enthusiasm, Mason is now hopelessly addled, Daisy's past is no longer believable or relevant and Roxy is now somewhat scary and dangerous! Rube is sorely missed. This is a dumbed-down version of the original series. WHAT A PITY!!