Over Her Dead Body

Over Her Dead Body (2008)

  • 15% of critics liked it
    (107 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (143,193 ratings)

Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, and Lake Bell star in first-time feature filmmaker Jeff Lowell's heavenly romantic comedy concerning a female psychic and a doubtful skeptic who find their fledgling love affair thwarted by the latter's recently deceased fiancée. Henry (Rudd) and Kate… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jeff Lowell
Genres
Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 1, 2008 Wide
On DVD
May 6, 2008
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    [An] offense of a ghost comedy.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    You may remember Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. This is Bleh Spirit.

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    The kindest context in which to put Over Her Dead Body, which was written and directed by Jeff Lowell, is that of a training film, a public display of people trying to master their craft. The best way to see it is not at all.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    The tale [falls] short on imagination.

  • Bruce Demara, Toronto Star

    Writer/director Jeff Lowell settles for a story that takes a little too long to tell, concocted situations a little too implausible to buy and repartee that occasionally hits the dartboard but never gets close to the bull's-eye.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    How on earth did this film get made? Isn't this the kind of script that goes straight in the bin? It's horrible. It's nothing short of tasteless and an insult to intelligence. The concept is nothing new but this is the worst 'Ghost' film with the exception of… More

  • Bethany M


    It was ok!

  • Dead A


    www.corny.com Got it?

  • Film C


    this movie is obvious and predictable that leaves nothing to the imagination, although the concept is different and it has potential but the script is its failure and is funny in places but not really rememberable or worth the watch for a second time.

  • Spencer S


    Oh dear, what a mess. (That's all I can write without become judgmental and catty.)

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