Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)

George's been dead and working as grim reaper 5 years. She and her 3 colleagues get a new, chaotic boss. George looks different to the living e.g. her mom and sister.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers:

Bryan Fuller (characters), John Masius

Stars:

Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ellen Muth	...	George Lass
Callum Blue	...	Mason
Sarah Wynter	...	Daisy
Jasmine Guy	...	Roxy Harvey
Britt McKillip	...	Reggie Lass
Christine Willes	...	Delores Herbig
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Joy Lass
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Cameron Kane
Crystal Dahl	...	Crystal
Jordan Hudyma	...	Hudson Hart
Vlasta Vrana	...	Gregor
Shenae Grimes-Beech	...	Jennifer Hardick (as Shenae Grimes)
James Easter Bradford	...	Limo Driver (as James Bradford)
Danette Mackay	...	Sheryl (as Danette MacKay)
Luis Oliva	...	Thief

Storyline

After the departure of Rube Sofer, a new head reaper named Cameron Kane takes over. He's a slick businessman who couldn't care less about helping the newly dead. Chaos ensues and brings out the worst in Daisy and Mason who begin drinking anew, and Roxy, who begins seeking glory. George and Reggie re-connect for the first time when George reaps a new friend of Reggie's.

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Plot Keywords:

narrated by character | frog | ceramic jar | death | hit by a falling object | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual content and violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sarah Wynter takes the role of Daisy Adair, previously played by Laura Harris in the series. In 24 (2001), the two actresses played sisters.

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Goofs

Reapers touch their reaps to remove the souls before trauma so that the living do not experience pain when they die. When they do not reap before death, the soul is still inside the body until they do so, and then we see the soul exit the corpse. However when Daisy reaps Zac the delivery guy (before his moment of death,) his soul rises up out of his corpse after painfully choking and dying.

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Quotes

Delores Herbig: It's amazing how such a small creature could fit into something so big!
George Lass: Well, Murray had a big heart.
George Lass: [Thinking] And Cameron was a big ass.

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Connections

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

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Soundtracks

Girl Crazy
(uncredited)
Written & Performed by Walter Murphy
Published by RFT Music Publishing Co.
Courtesy of Thomas J. Valentino

User Reviews

A Good Movie Haunted by Its Series

I guess one could label me a fan of this series, since I own both season 1 and 2 DVD box sets and today I purchased this movie. However I am not here to put frosting on the cake. Any TV series is better than the movie from any point of view. Take into consideration that the writers can afford a few episodes that fail over a two year season. One tends to remember the great episodes and push aside the crappy the ones. So in a nutshell you cannot compare any movie to the series.

I was happy to see they managed to get about 80% of the original cast back after 5 years of doing nothing. I enjoyed the movie but it lacked revelations. There was no cosmic secrets answered about the show. It merely asked more questions and some to most of the characters seemed to take a back seat. I was hoping they would use the opportunity to expand on the "Reaper Society" and I kind of thought that was where the plot was heading but somehow failed to push through.

The focus of the film is on Georgia and Reggie and unfortunately characters like Mason, Roxy, and Daisy become less significant than they should be in this film. The subplot with Cameron Kane wasn't well developed and makes the movie fall short of the mark.

So why did I give the move a seven out of ten? That in my honest opinion is a "C" average. It is just OK but could have been better. Sadly due to the nature of the story that reapers never grow old they won't be able to make another. The actress Ellen Muth is showing her age. I sincerely hope she can move on to better roles but I am afraid she will always be haunted by the series and movie.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Like Me: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), DLM Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1