Come for Arnold Schwarzenegger's wrinkled visage and grizzled beard; stay for Abigail Breslin's fine teen-facing-death pathos. The killer disease is the necroambulatory virus; she's slowly turning into a flesh-eating zombie, and everybody knows it. What to do in the meantime is hard to figure out, but the harrowing events — an encounter with a pair of zombified former neighbors, in particular — make it easier for Dad to decide what to do at the end. The genre conventions show through here and there, notably at the outset and in the flashbacks. But mostly, this is an original and moving treatment of "the turn" from loving people to loving the taste of people. As a metaphor for end-of-life issues, it's a bit muddled. As a portrait of familial love and devotion, it's wonderfully clear. (2015) — Matthew Lickona
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