Wanted to like it.....good cast, decent budget.......but

The film sat in the city too long. Got very campy after the first scene. The zombie with the stroller was great, but I quickly grew tired for finding a cat. Can't very complain about the cast, just the writing/location. Black man dying for food was dumb, leaving gear behind for a dark search.

Although somewhat off topic with this; "Train to Busan" kept camping in check, and I have that movie over this. Yes the, "Gift" does rise some good questions, but that is all and it. Not the king of zombie films, maybe queen.

I did like it till about 3/4 of the way through, scene where Mel scares of the other zombies by screaming at them was like something off the discovery channel with chimps. Really lame and the child actor is pretty weak and character unsympathetic. Whole thing wasted potential.

I agree..

Good beginning, but after that it gets boring.

The Movie needs more Actors, more "Story" around all whats happening.
Maybe a 5 to 10 min. explanation before the Movie starts.
It Starts with no explanation, you don´t know whats going on.
Sure, they tell you on the way through the Movie, but i dont like such movies.

Even the decisions from the actors were bad.. Remember the Scene with the Store and the "Kids" who set it as a trap?
After that Scene, why they dont go back in the Store to take what they need?
No one is eating/drinking *except the zombies* in this movie... Makes no sense
No one is smoking... and so on.

Why is the big city complete empty? No survivors, really?
Cant believe that..

The whole Movie is unbelievable, with bad writing, ok actors and a very bad ending.

And what are the "Gifts" the Girl had? Yelling at other Kids? Eating Cats?

Its a ok Zombie Movie, but not more... A IMDB Rating over 6 is funny.. i gave it a 4... but not more.

I had exactly the same experience.

It seems the directors' beginnings were "Dream team" which explained some of my frustrations with it. A lot of the quality, delivery and casting in this movie did feel very... soap-like.

Then that knowledge just made even more frustrated. This is not a young inexperienced director, the "that'll do" attitude toward some of the line delivery attempts is disappointing. There is no excuse for it, in a soap you usually have to turn over episode after episode quickly, in a movie you have all the time and takes you need to get it right, but he couldn't be bothered.

The casting of the girl was poor (not her fault), honestly they should have taken liberties with the original material and made the kids a few years older just to be able to cast someone with more experience.

One step too far for me was the "it would end the world" line about the found pod/seed, 5 minutes later she explained WHY. Seriously, reverse those those two lines and spare us all the cringe.

Really wanted to like a British movie of this type, but it just made me want to watch 28 days later again to remember it can be done, and well.

weak child actor... not even"average" quality and cant carry the movie... I don't know what some critics are on about, calling her a revalation and such... what are they going to say when the see a kid who can actually act well?

compare this to kids in Hanna or the Sixth Sense and you really see the difference in what is great child acting vs something slightly below average which we have here... the kid in the Babadook was pretty good as well

If the movie didnt rely on her character so heavily, she'd be passable... its only a zombie movie afterall