Theres something unnatural and terrifying in the disconnect between childlike innocence and insatiable bloodlust.
Its just primally wrong.
Colm McCarthysThe Girl with All the Giftstouches that same taboo third rail and revels in it.
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Its a film for people who thought they never needed to sit through another zombie flick.
Its also quite likely the strangest entry that will ever appear on Glenn Closes IMDB page.
At this point weve all seen more than enough movies and TV shows about the flesh-devouring undead.
Their moment of peak pop-cultural saturation has come and gone.
It was a nice run while it lasted.
But theres only so many ways to tell the same story.
What makes McCarthys dystopia fresh is its wicked set-up.
She certainly doesnt look dangerous.
So why is she being treated like Hannibal Lecter?
Paddy Considine splits the difference as a soldier who doesnt trust the so-called Hungries.
There may still be a little life left in the undead after all.B+
