When you hear that Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg are co-starring in a movie, you think it's probably a remake of The Odd Couple. Instead it's a zombie movie with reviews on par with 2004's zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead.
"Zombieland is a movie made by horror nerds for their fellow fright dweebs. Those who've spent way too many dateless Saturday nights poring over the collective oeuvre of George Romero, Lucio Fulci, and Stuart Gordon will instantly fall in love with this sly combination of satire, slapstick, and splatter."
— Bill Gibron, filmcritic.com
"...a polished, very funny road picture shaped by wisenheimer cable-TV sensibilities and starring four likable actors, each with an influential following."
— Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Zombieland leans heavily on the comedy side of the horror-comedy equation. For a zombie movie, it's largely devoid of suspense and scares; instead, it focuses on the comic possibilities of four misfits indulging their most cherished fantasies under the bleakest circumstances imaginable."
— Nathan Rabin, Onion AV Club
"By now there have been quite enough zombie comedies to constitute a little subgenre of their own. If Zombieland doesn't grade at the head of its class — the valedictorian still being Shaun of the Dead — this lively splatstick item is nonetheless way above the remedial likes of Zombie Strippers, to name one among many recent lower-budgeters."
— Dennis Harvey, Variety
"A bloody, disgusting blast."
— Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter