Marry My Dead Body

Marry My Dead Body is a truly bizarre and unprecedented genre mash-up that has the potential to thrill, entertain and move, but as a whole, it is hampered by a somewhat overlong running time and a few wtf moments like car chases with bad CGI, which are not unusual in Asian cinema. Story-wise, the film more than once evoked Ghost, but driven by the typically excessive Asian acting. The character of Mao (like Patrick Swayze's Sam) had a poignant backstory, and it's a shame that they push the emotions unnecessarily at the end (the ambulance scene was great, however). If the film had been twenty minutes shorter, I would have easily given it a higher rating, still, it's a better three stars for me. (11.02.2024)