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SXSW Reviews Applaud Over Your Dead Body’s Cast and Practical Gore, Question Its Tone

The Jorma Taccone remake of The Trip now heads for an April 24 theatrical release.

Overview

  • Critics say Jason Segel and Samara Weaving anchor the dark action-comedy with sharp barbs and game physicality, with Timothy Olyphant singled out as a standout villain.
  • Reviewers describe a splatstick blend of broad humor and extreme, practical gore, with inventive fight staging attributed in part to 87North’s action design.
  • Several outlets fault uneven pacing and a midsection shift that sidelines the marital duel in favor of a home-invasion stretch.
  • Multiple reviews call out an attempted sexual-assault gag as poorly judged, noting the film struggles to calibrate tone in that sequence.
  • Shot in Finland as a stand-in for upstate New York with a screenplay by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, the film will be released by Independent Film Company.