Review of Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) by Dawn H — 19 Sep 2012

Good straight to DVD film that concludes the series Dead Like Me. Being a fan of the series, I found this film to be enjoyable yet flawed. The biggest problem I had with the film was the fact that Laura Harris didn't reprise her role as Daisy Adair.

The actress playing the character is horrible and really doesn't do the character justice. The film had its moments, and focused on aspects I found to be very good. The story with Reggie, George's sister and her trouble with dealing with the imminent death of her secret boyfriend, and how George tries to prevent her sister from killing herself and seeing that she's got plenty to offer.

For me that was the highlight of the film, and it made the film better even with all its imperfections. I thought that the filmmakers could have focused more on that part of the film instead of rushing it.

Dead Like Me: Life After Death is something new and is an average ending to the previous two seasons. I liked it, but I felt it could have been better. As a fan of the show, I didn't think this was the worst ever, but I felt that the script could have used a few rewrites here and there to get the good ideas out.

There were a few good ideas on-screen, but it has a lot of wasted potential in being a great film. The film certainly is better than most straight to DVD outings, but like with every other fan of the show, I didn't like the absence of Rube, the new Daisy and the new boss Cameron.

The whole plot with Reggie was wonderful, and it was really the heart of the film. A good little flick, but it does leave a lot to be desired. Like I said there a few redeeming aspects of the film, unfortunately it's nowhere near as good as the series.

However for what it is, it's worth seeing.