Brief moments of smarter, more intricate gags tease a more engaging watch, but one that is lost in the emotionally rote version we're presented with.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 10, 2021

What a jagged little gem.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2019

The problem with the film for me is... beyond that joke, about yeah the attack is happening in a petting zoo, there really isn't that much to entertain.

| Nov 15, 2019

This is well-worked territory for horror and horror-comedy, but Forsythe makes it work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2019

The trick of a zombie gross-out comedy is to balance extreme splatter, suspense and broad-strokes satire with a sweet nature and whimsy to take the edge off potential misanthropy. It's not an easy mix, but Little Monsters works like a charm.

| Nov 15, 2019

Miss Caroline makes for a kickass heroine & really ought to be the protagonist. Sadly, this is all about Dave, with the other characters, not to mention the armies of walking dead, feeling like mere foils to our main man's arc from kidult to carer.

| Nov 14, 2019

the reason to see this is [Lupita] Nyong'o. A kind of zombie-killing version of Julie Andrews in a sunny yellow dress, the US star proves you can defeat anything with a positive attitude and some 'Tay Tay on your uke-y'

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2019

At heart, Little Monsters has a lot of heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 11, 2019

Is this Bergman? Fellini? George Romero? No, but it's alarmingly fun (and profane, and gory) and Ms. Nyong'o is a delight.

| Oct 11, 2019

Forsythe nails a handful of funny juxtapositions, but too often leans into mean-spirited and tired yuks.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2019

The charismatic Nyong'o is easily the best part of this feeble Australian horror comedy...

| Oct 10, 2019

Just when this movie seems like a total write-off though, Lupita Nyong'o shows up, playing a preternaturally cheerful, zombie-fighting kindergarten teacher. And all's well.

| Oct 9, 2019

The stakes are never really life or death, even when they are, but writer-director Abe Forsythe has clearly taken his lessons from Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, and other flesh-rotting comedy jewels of the genre.

| Original Score: B | Oct 8, 2019

Forsythe does an excellent job of balancing the various energies of his cast.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 8, 2019

Its self-amusement is far more obvious than it is infectious.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 8, 2019

The film is a hoot, and boasts unexpectedly rich character work...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2019

Prepare to be seduced, appalled and humored by this eccentric horror movie. Get awed by an accomplished actress who shines bright like a diamond on a battlefield of human-munching monsters.

| Oct 7, 2019

Abe Forsythe's sophomore feature Little Monsters is a gift.

| Aug 27, 2019

Cinematically speaking, zombies have been done to death, but in this new comedy from Australian writer-director Abe Forsythe the gag is precisely how far the trope can be taken for granted.

| Aug 15, 2019

Little Monsters is a wild ride, a twisted crowd-pleaser, and a total blast.

| Mar 15, 2019