Dead Like Me: Life After Death [DVD]

arrived on time and plays great

I have been a fan of Dead Like Me for a very long time. Hated to see it end. The movie ties all the loose ends up after the series ended but truthfully after seeing it wished they would have brought the series back. I think they would have had some good story lines. If you are a fan you definitely need to get this final movie.

This was a short, too short, series about a girl in her late teens, with all the attendants snark that goes with the age complicated by her families extra dysfunctional communication styles.She is killed in a freak accident but after she dies, she doesn’t go to heaven or hell, she stays on Earth in an alternate appearance. She joins a group of similarly dead but not gone spirits to learn a new job before she can move on to her final destination. This is a funny yet serious tale of consequences, how what you do can have rippling effects long after the action happened. The series lasted only two seasons. I can guess why some of the key actors left, creating holes in the plot to be filled by other characters or plot devices. But, the first season was nearly perfect for me; the second season not nearly as much. But, I still miss the show.

This was a decent continuation to the TV series but it feels like only Georgie had character development in this. The replacement of Rube was somewhat unnecessary and the other reapers had no direction but whining/scheming in all this, would've preferred they get closure or development.

I enjoyed the series very much. It was thoughtful and thought provoking. But as often happens with series-to-movies, this tried too hard and lost the interaction between the characters that made the show so good. It's a shame. It's OK, but certainly not up to the series.

I FOR ONE WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE SERIES AND COULDN"T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE TO COME OUT AND I LOVED IT EVEN THOUGH IT"S NOT WITHOUT A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS. AS MOST OF THE REVIEWS STATE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR ME WAS THE NEW GIRL. DAISY FOR ME WAS AN AQUIRED TASTE AS I PREFERRED BETTY OVER DAISY BUT LARA HARRIS EVENTUALLY GREW ON ME AND I THEN LIKED THE ROLE OF DAISY BUT THE NEW GIRL JUST DIDN"T HAVE DAISY" SELF LOVE AND SADNESS ABOUT HER INSTEAD ACTING GOOFY AND A LITTLE CRAZY. YUCK THE LOSS OF RUBE WAS GREAT BUT HIS PRESENCE WAS FELT ALTHOUGH NOT SEEN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MOVIE AND FOR ME COULD BE EASILY UNDONE AS THE NEW BOSS WAS DISPOSED OF AND THE WAFFLE HOUSE COULD BE REBUILT AFTER THE FIRE. ALL IN ALL I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE WHOLE THING AND IT LEFT ME WANTING MORE MORE MORE ! IWAS A LITTLE SAD AT THE END OF IT ALL TO THINK THIS MIGHT BE TRULY THE END OF THE WHOLE THING AND JUST LIKE WHEN THE SERIES WAS ON I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE NEXT SHOW, (KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED). BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT I DIDN"T LIKE WAS THE ABSENCE OF GEORGE"S FATHER CLANCY I LIKED THE DAD AND THOUGHT THE TENSION BETWEEN HIM AND JOY ADDED THE SHOW SO HIS MOVING AWAY LEFT A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED (ALSO SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY BE UNDONE IN THE FUTURE.BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ANY FANS OF THE SERIES BUYT IT WATCH IT OVER AND OVER ENJOY IT AND HOPE THERE WILL BE MORE!!! NOW FOR A PUSHING DAISIES MOVIE NOT A COMIC BOOK PLEASE!!!!!!

No, not you afficianaods of the late Jerry Garcia. I mean the fans of "Dead Like Me", the cult favorite TV show that was itself reaped after only two seasons. Be warned that this review contains some details required for a decent review that some readers may consider spoilers.This movie picks up 3 years after the series ended, as the Reapers must adjust to major changes in their by-now well-patterned afterlives. "Der WaffelHaus" has burned to the ground and their patriarch Rube has received his lights and departed. His replacement, a Type-A maverick (Cameron) wastes no time in setting up a new order in the organization, beginning with handing out assignment via texting rather than Post-Its. More of Rube's rules go by the wayside as he allows each of the Reapers to break discipline and follow their individual desires for wealth (Mason), fame (Daisy), success (Roxy), and closure (George) at the expense of their afterlife responsibilities. When things begin to sour, however, they finally appreciate the validity of Rube's rules.Some criticisms of this DVD are justified - the movie revives the show without really expanding upon it and the underlying mythology, but this is mostly because the movie attempts to simultaneously address too many topics that inevitably accompany a 3-year lapse. Even so, the series' quirky gallows humor that first appealed to me is still there (the group's attempts to find a final solution to their problems with Cameron is hilarious), and Ellen Muth as George is still a treat to watch as she continues to sort out the afterlife of someone who is "Dead Like Me".

When younger I enjoyed the tv series. It was nice to see the movie. I enjoyed it and their performances.

L'ho dovuto rendere perché non potevo vederlo in italiano, solo inglese tedesco e francese!

It's almost a complete new and different story from original and the original was much better

Dead Like Me: The Movie stays true to the themes and heart of the original series. The majority of the major characters/actors return including George. Like the television series, this movie is a deftly created combination of wry dark humour and reflections on what it means to truly live-even if you're dead. George, while still struggling with an inherently self-destructive nature, has matured...a little. Poignantly, so has her little sister who has her own life-shaping events in this film.There really is only one thing wrong with this film-it leaves the viewer desperate for more!!!!

VERY ENTERTAINING SERIES PITY IT ONLY LASTED TWO SEASONS

J'ai tellement aimé cette série que ce film censé y mettre fin m'a encore plus déçue. Pas d'histoire, plus de Ruben, plus de Daisy, des personnages pas du tout attachants.Je n'ai pas retrouvé l'âme de la série.