FIDO Film Review - 20/1/08

In that parallel world (Like the back of the sofa that all things seem to drop down such as coins, pens, the TV remote, etc) sits this little curiosity. A totally unrecognisable Billy Connolly plays Fido a 6-foot tall rotting flesh zombie who is a pet of his owner little Timmy. Stuck in a 50's time-warp in style and playing very much to that type: with black & white TV footage, mumsy whimsical charm and so forth the idyllic town of Willard is holding back the hordes of zombies in their own little Safe-Zone, with domesticated zombies catering to their every wish (But not very well!) This black comedy trundles along with such good humour amidst all the "Golly Jeez Gosh" moments of head decapitation and splattered brains flying over the the white picket wood fences and slowly dribbling down. As the fiendish ZOMCOM tampers with the news in an effort to keep the truth hidden from the residents the bodies start to pile up. As Timmy is kidnapped and zombie Fido tries to gain Timmy's Mother's attention to his predicament I half expected her to blurt out "Is Timmy in danger? Has he fallen down a well?" as Fido attempts to communicate in aarrgghhhs and moaning. The brightness and pastel colours only add to this satire which could even be the First Zombie Love-fest.