THE CIVIL DEAD
Cert TBA
104 mins
BBFC advice: TBA
How far can loyalty stretch among best friends?
This is a great question posed uniquely in Clay Tatum's micro-budget comedy The Civil Dead,
Tatum plays Clay - a dorky photographer who is usually out of work, playing video games while his wife (Whitney Weir) brings in the money.
Suddenly, he sees his old friend Whit (Whitmer Thomas) walking along a road, and the two begin to chat about the old days.
Then, it becomes clear that the pal is a ghost that only he can see.
After recovering from the initial shock, he begins having fun, and Whit even helps him resolve his financial crisis.
But the japes occur when Clay's wife is away, and he struggles to see how Whit can become part of their lives if he is invisible to her.
So, he is left with a conundrum of his old friend being shut out by the only person he can converse with or giving him time at the expense of his relationship with his wife.
Tatum and Thomas are close pals in real life, so they have an unmistakable spark.
I prefer physical or more obvious humour than their deadpan delivery, and I can't say I warmed to their characters.
But I did like the premise, and the fact that they created a decent movie on a micro-budget with a surprising and satisfying denouement.
Seeing what they could produce with more significant investment would be interesting.
Reasons to watch: Interesting premise
Reasons to avoid: Dorky characters
Laughs: Couple of chuckles
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 6/10
Did you know? Tatum and Thomas attempted, unsuccessfully, to finance the project via gambling. It was eventually funded by an old friend of Tatum’s from college.
The final word. Clay Tatum: "I wanted to make a movie that was just me and Whit, and it’s believable why we wouldn’t be around other people," he said. Moviemaker
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