The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Blistering performances.

As Rube might say, you don't f*ck with the living. Bryan Fuller et al totally screwed the pooch by making this mess. Dead Like Me (the series) was a living world that grew during the two seasons it was allowed to survive. Despite what creator Bryan Fuller said about quality shortly after leaving the show in a huff with MGM, the characters and story lines managed to capture a unique balance of comedy and meaningful poignancy. The episodes were expertly shot by a great crew in Vancouver and skillfully edited. The actors' performances were always believable and there was a chemistry in the ensemble cast. If there were production troubles behind the cameras, they never showed in the final product, which is all that matters. Yes, it was a shame the series was canceled when it was just getting going, dramatically speaking. Who didn't want to see it come back?But there are so many problems with this effort to kickstart the series, it's no surprise the movie failed to impress any takers. Gone is all the original show's charm. Mandy Patinkin turned it down, ostensibly because he was busy. I can't help but think he saw the script and knew a turd when he smelled one. Recasting the part of Daisy, who was such a dynamic and tragic character originally played wonderfully by Laura Harris, was a disaster. It completely destroyed the suspension of disbelief needed for a film like this. Asking audiences to believe that a beloved character crafted by a particular actor is now someone else, never works unless there's a plausible dramatic explanation (Dr, Who). The actor picked to pretend she was Daisy Adair in the film was just plain bad. Wooden and either overacting or expressionless. In fact, with the exception of Ellen Muth, virtually every performance lacked realism, as if the actors were being fed lines, one at a time and reciting them for the cameras. Even Muth was disappointing. At times, her voice was so deep and gravelly I swear they shot her scenes early in the morning after a night of drinking. It was off putting, and Muth's playfully sincere and vulnerable performances in the series were completely absent from her work in this film. Blue's performance as Mason also lacked any of the soul, humour and bitter sweet regret of his series' effort. But it's possible the actors simply couldn't work with such a poorly crafted story and lines written as if the writers hadn't seen a single episode of the series. Perhaps Fuller decided he was going to finally make the show he said he wanted Desd Like Me to be, before he left early in the first season. He clearly is credited with writing. The writing stinks. What a dog of a script to have on your resume. Also missing from the film, is the entire tone of the series. It's as if the people making it had no idea what they were doing. And that could be because the film was shot in Montreal, which was supposed to be standing in for Seattle. Give me a break. Pacific Northwest? The visuals were abysmal and depressing.. It just didn't "look" like where the original characters lived, died, and reaped. And that's a problem people like Fuller et al, simply failed to consider. It destroyed the continuity and believability to the extent that the script, the actors and their performances had to work hard to drown out the harsh discrepancies. The touchstones of the series had all changed. The cemetery.. George's grave. The Lass house. And on and on. Only a cheap attempt at explaining one profound change was made - Der Waffle Haus conveniently burned down because it would have been too expensive to recreate the set in ruddy, urban Montreal. Not a mountain or a fir tree in sight. I wanted to like the film. Unfortunately it was created by people who had no idea what made the series and its demise so significant. I watched it and found myself feeling sad when it was over, just the way the brilliantly believable characters in the original series felt when they confronted their reality: everything dies. This movie made sure the series would be dead, too

Yes, there are a ton of plot holes in this that make no sense when compared to the series. The lack of Rube really hurts, but the lack of Daisy does even more, simply because instead of just not having her character appear in this, they have another actress play her and her writing is completely uncharacteristic when compared to the show's Daisy. Her development in the show was genius and it's like this film forgot all of her episodes in Season 2 and how much she had progressed. It's pretty much a new character with the name "Daisy" and well, it's awful. Mason is also written in a way that doesn't make much sense. He's a screw-up, but he cared about Rube! Only Roxy and George have some of their show personalities. That whole reaper-Henry Ian Cusick storyline here really sucks.What saves the film a bit is the family stuff. Okay, some plot holes as well, but the George/Reggie stuff is handled adequately, and also sort of gives closure to the show's ongoing storyline.Really, this is a pretty mediocre film, and when compared to the show even worse, but it does have some good moments here and there. Stick with the show, this isn't needed.

Well.... when I heard there was a 'Dead Like Me' movie I was extreme excited but as I saw the below mediocre poster on IMDb, that looks like it was done by a fan and that it was subtitled ':Life After Death' I have to admit, I wasn't too stoked anymore. As I began to watch the film, I began to realize this wasn't going to be the typical 'Dead Like Me' I know and love as I couldn't even recognize what I was watching. Now I know with movies from television series, they like to change things up to put us in the movie realm but with half-ass-ed, cheap looking title fonts and comic-book sequences that have nothing to do with the movie or the show 'Dead Like Me'. Whoever thought this was a necessary, needs to die in a car accident QUICK! Further more whoever thought it was a good idea to have a 'Dead Like Me' movie with a shitty, over-acting, clearly confused replacement for the actress who originally played Daisy(Laura Harris), needs to get eaten by a shark pronto! Sarah Wynter Can't act for the life of her, or she clearly didn't care to watch season 2 of 'Dead Like Me' because she would see Daisy like many of the characters is suppose to be played with ease not theatre acting no matter if that's in the movies story. Playing the character the way Sarah Wynter wanted too was a big mistake this time. Personally I wouldn't have a 'Dead Like Me' movie if I couldn't get the original Daisy, but what the hey.Now the plot of the movie is the typical plot you'd do for any half-ass-ed sequel or straight to DVD release, but the plot isn't the problem here even if its based on not being able to bring back one of the original actors(Mandy Patinkin: Rube). Once again though, thats not the problem here, the problem is the writing and the acting. This movie could of been saved if Bryan Fuller wasn't in such a hurry to get a 'Dead Like Me' movie finished, like as if it would make a difference when it was released, having a 'Dead Like Me'movie years after its cancelled. While watching the movie you sense the stench of rushed movie, all over place as if the director and the actors just wanted to get it all over with because they knew this was just a pay check and a way to get the lazy minded fans their do. Now the movie has its moments of good touching moments but they get killed quickly with elongated dialogue that's completely toothless, it would have been properly done if it those moments were based on short meaningful sentences that get straight to the point, not chances for over done acting with fuller dialogue.This is not by any means the 'Dead Like Me' movie and send off we've all been waiting for, and for true fans I'd appreciate the original way it ended even if it didn't give us much closure, because it was cancelled before it could have a last episode, but the way ti episode made sense as it didn't cross pounds the plot of 'Dead Like Me' could never go.

I only came across the TV series title in the last couple of weeks and sat through both seasons as fast as possible, as I absolutely loved it! After enjoying these immensely, I was looking forward to an extension of the same, within the movie. Unfortunately, the best I can say is that MOST of the acting and MOST of the dialogue wasn't too bad, and they did manage to get SOME story in there. In short, it was such a disappointment to find the movie had less content than an episode, seemed very choppy and forced most of the way through, started without a real beginning and finished without an end! I want my 87 minutes back! I guess as the old saying goes: "What has been seen cannot be unseen"... *sigh*