Andrew Lowery, Austin Pendleton, Edward Herrmann

Missy (Tracy Lind) is the most beautiful girl in school, and Johnny (Andrew Lowery) has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny's killed trying to win her over, but he soon comes back from ...( read more  read more... )the dead (as the cutest zombie in movie history!) and finally wins Missy's heart. Missy sticks by her new boyfriend despite bullies' taunts, small-town prejudice … and his recent craving for human flesh.

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PG-13, 85 min.

Directed by: Bob Balaban

Release Date: August 6, 1993

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DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002

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  • April 20, 2009
    I used to get excited as a kid when this would come on tv! LOL
  • July 6, 2008
    Johnny Dingle has had a crush on Missy McCloud ever since they were children. After Missy breaks up with her boyfriend, Johnny and his best friend Eddie hatch a scheme to fake a robbery in the convenience store where she works so that Johnny can then appear and rescue her. Howeve...( read more)r a real robber enters and Johnny is shot in the ensuing chaos. Before he dies, Johnny asks Missy to the prom and she agrees. But that night Johnny gets back up out of the grave. He returns home and attends school the next day as though nothing had happened. However he soon finds that his body parts are starting to fall off. As he determines to complete his dream of taking Missy to the prom, he realizes that the only thing that will hold him together is feasting on human flesh. My Boyfriend's Back is an incredibly silly film. The film?s principal joke is that the hero returning as a zombie is something that is regarded as perfectly normal by most of the people around him. It's a gag that tires fairly quickly, principally because it seems to require that people behave in ways that never coincide with real human behaviour, Johnny's parents store dead bodies in the refrigerator and abduct kids for him to eat, his friends regard the sight of Johnny eating a dead body as quite normal. Some of the would-be black humour scenes, like where Philip Hoffman accidentally hits himself in the head with an axe or a dream scene where Johnny's nose, arms and legs all fall off, flop quite badly. The plot doglegs all over the place, sometimes whipping about so suddenly that the effect is rather one of hysterically hyped silliness. One inventive touch in the movie emphasizes the comic-book quality. Many of the scenes are started with cartoon panels that turn into live-action sequences. Director Bob Balaban has fun blending fantasy, comedy, and parody, and does a surprisingly smooth job of it. If his script had more bite, this could have been a worthwhile film. My Boyfriend's Back is as mindless as a movie can get.
  • April 6, 2007
    SO LAME!!!
  • November 30, 2006
    i like it
  • September 5, 2006
    What the fuck?
  • August 28, 2009
    My Boyfriend's Back is an odd yet fun zombie comedy, with our lead character Johnny coming back from the dead and finally wins the heart of the most beautiful girl in school, whom he's been in love for years. I find it romantic as a moment when Missy sticks to her new boyf...( read more)riend despite bullies' taunts, small-town prejudice, and Johnny's recent craving for human flesh. And yes, it's hilarious. Directed by Bob Balaban and starring the great performances of Andrew Lowery, Austin Pendleton, and Traci Lind.
  • August 18, 2009
    This was one of the weirdest movies. It was humorous, but weird.
  • March 19, 2009
    Want to see, but only because of zombies.
  • February 21, 2009
    I thought this was really cool. I thought it was pretty neat. it is a bit dated but other than that it's a great watch.
  • January 25, 2009
    i didnt know he was in this!!

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