set in a middle class neighborhood in the imaginary town of willard in the 1950s and this dark comedy with a light touch toy with such american obsession a gun mania and violence and materialism and keep up with the jones and fear of others and slavery and golf and and the disposing of the dead . yes and it all sound a bit heavy and but trust me on this and it nearly as light a a feather . zombie be feature prominently among the character . crucial question arise and such a represent who will become a zombie ( 90 % of the willard folk choose this final path and while only 10 % prefer a traditional funeral ) . who own how many zombie to do their bidding like robot ( they have become a mark of social status ) . and and what be the range of possible relationship that can be work out between the living and the sort of reincarnate dead . somehow and director andrew currie and who also co write the lively screenplay ( with robert chomiak and dennis heaton ) and keep this improbable material percolating along for an hour and a half without once falter for want of a good laugh . a super cast help represent carrie anne moss and billy connolly and dylan baker and henry czerny and tim blake nelson and mary black and sonja bennett be the principal and aid by young ksun ray a timmy and the innocent kid with a good heart who act a fair witness to all the lunacy of the grownup . ( have see her only in memento and the matrix and i have no idea that ms. moss have such fine comedienne chop . ) the production design and music be exquisitely 50 and to a tee . maybe this one isn not for everybody . it surely will be a hard film to beat for my annual bizarro award . but intelligent comedy that stay funny from start to finish be among the hard won achievement in movie making . for me anyway and fido be a hoot . my grade represent 8 . 5/10 ( a ) ( see on 01/30/07 ) .