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List Price: $27.98 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 3520
Released: May 6, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Eva Longoria Parker (TV?s Desperate Housewives) stars in this devilishly funny romantic comedy about holding onto the ones you love...even after you?re gone. When Kate (Longoria Parker) is killed by an ice sculpture on her wedding day her fianc? Henry (Paul Rudd Knocked Up) gives up on romance until he falls for the beautiful psychic (Lake Bell TV?s Boston Legal) who?s supposed to be helping him move on. But Kate?s not having it and she?s going to do whatever it takes to send their budding relationship six-feet-under.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 794043121319 Manufacturer No: 1000038615
Description of Over Her Dead Body:
Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) plays a woman named Kate who gets crushed by an ice sculpture on her wedding day and comes back from the dead to make sure her fiance, Henry (Paul Rudd) never finds love with anyone else. Unfortunately for Kate, Henry's sister has dragged him to see Ashley (Lake Bell, Surface), a psychic who revives Henry's will to romance. Ashley is the only person who can see Kate--a fact that Kate uses to her advantage and makes Ashley's life miserable. Over Her Dead Body wants to be a classic screwball comedy in the vein of Topper. It's packed with clever touches and comic setups--and if the plot never quite reaches the lunatic pitch Over Her Dead Body is reaching for, the movie's basic goodheartedness may leave you in a forgiving mood. Longoria Parker, whose charms may be better suited to television, doesn't quite have the crackle her roles demands (the movie was originally subtitled Ghost Bitch), but Rudd and Bell have a nice combative rapport that recalls the verbal sparring of movie couples in the 1930s. Jason Biggs and Lindsay Sloane (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) provide nifty supporting performances. All in all, Over Her Dead Body never fully gels, but there's some definite fun to be had as it bounces along. --Bret Fetzer
Over Her Dead Body Reviews:
Don't spend the time or money on this one! 
2008-06-16 - I love Eva but this movie was disappointing. I am addicted to Desperate Houswives and a big fan but this movie (+ her acting) did not do her justice. She looked like she had the worse fake tan and the movie just lacked humor and romance! So much for a romantic comedy!
This is just a remake of "Just Like Heaven" featuring Reese Witherspoon, which had a better plot and acting. If you are into these kinds of movies I recommend that one over this one.
I don't know how anyone could rate this movie higher than 1 star!
Sadly, it was a waste of money and time!
One of My Favorite Movies 
2008-06-12 - Recently I saw Over Her Dead Body. It is a super funny movie about a girl named Kate. Kate died on her wedding day, and came back as a ghost to drive the girl who liked her husband insane. Eva Longoria played the character Kate who was hilarious. She really did a lot of funny things in the movie, but also she showed how sad she was to see her husband without her. In the end though Kate (Eva Longoria) realized what she had to fix so she could go to heaven. I really liked that because she made her husband Henry (Paul Rudd) who was depressed happy again. This movie is one of my favorite movies because it shows how to move on and make everyone happy. I think that is a really good thing because if you don't move on you can make yourself sad. Paul Rudd who played Henry Kate's husband was really good because he showed how he was moving on but still really cared about Kate. The husband in the movie really showed emotion. The girl who liked Allison's husband Lake Bell who played Ashley was funny, because she showed feelings and reality to be freaked out by Kate. The reason why Kate freaked her out was because Kate (Eva Longoria) was invisible to everyone but Ashley (Lake Bell). That part was really funny to watch, because Lake Bell looked crazy trying to talk to some one who no one could see. Eva Longoria, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell and every one else in the movie really did a terrific job. The movie was super hilarious and I think you should see it, especially if you love silly movies. Over Her Dead Body is one of my favorite movies.
not as bad as you would think
2008-06-11 - my wife got this and i was dragging my feet to watch it with her. then i had some work to do on my laptop and so i told her to put it on so that i could work and (pretend to) watch it with her. but 15 minutes into the movie, i was actively watching it. i don't have to go over the plot as many people have already done it here. some of the scenes are outright funny and the film does do a respectable job keeping the viewer engaged. though she seems a bit manly i'm sure we are going to see more of lake bell in the years to come. not bad at all!
This was a surprise. 
2008-05-26 - Seeing previews and such for this movie months ago, I thought it looked really cute and funny. Then it went away pretty quickly and suddenly showed up on DVD...along the way it got horrid reviews so I had quickly lost any hope for it.
I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by it. Its actually very funny! The comic timing is pretty good coming from all the actors. Paul Rudd who is good in pretty much anything, Lake Bell (Newcomer, I'm assuming, as I've never seen her in anything else) was really very good and I hope to see her in the future.
However...I was really disappointed in Eva Longoria here. I'm a huge fan of Desperate Housewives and Gabrielle is definitely one of my favorite characters, so I expected a lot from her. Her performance was only so-so...for the small amount of time shes actually in the movie. At times I felt that she could just lift right out, the whole story of her dying really doesn't seem needed somehow. They give us really no reason to care about her at all. She, in no way, carries this movie as the previews lead us to believe. They could have done a re-write and had the entire thing surround Ashley and Henry...probably would have made for a better movie overall.
I felt the same about the Jason Biggs character...he has his own little "revelation" in the movie that was just REALLY not needed. Seemed very forced just so he could end up with a certain someone...
Anyway! Despite all the problems...the bad pacing, the under developed characters, the cheap and just bad opening credits, the trying too hard to be clever and somewhat unnecessary plot, the sort of anti-climactic ending, the horrible and cheap bare bones DVD release...I enjoyed it a lot. It was hilarious at times and it was really cute. One of those feel good movies where you just don't have to think about anything.
If you can just get past the bad and focus on the comedy then this guilty pleasure is definitely worth at least a rent.
Very good and funny! 
2008-05-15 - I loved this movie! Very nice entertaining romantic comedy complimented by an outstanding cast! Most of us know Eva Longoria Parker from DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and what she is capable of as far as an uplifting actrice. She is exactly what this movie needs and plays her part so well! Paul Rudd is very amusing as always and Lake Bell does an amazing job as well. Not a big fan of Jason Biggs, but he does surprisingly good also. Overall, a great cast!
Watch it with an open mind with family and/or friends and you will more than likely have a good time!
