Fido (2006)

Director:

Andrew Currie

Writers:

Robert Chomiak (written by) &
Andrew Currie (written by) ...

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Good dead are hard to find

Plot:

Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor...

Plot Keywords:

Next Door Neighbor | Neighbor | Zombie | Bully | Beaten To Death

Awards:

13 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Helen Robinson
Billy Connolly	...	Fido
Dylan Baker	...	Bill Robinson
K'Sun Ray	...	Timmy Robinson
Sonja Bennett	...	Tammy
Jennifer Clement	...	Dee Dee Bottoms
Rob LaBelle	...	Frank Murphy
Aaron Brown	...	Roy Fraser
Brandon Olds	...	Stan Fraser
Alexia Fast	...	Cindy Bottoms
Henry Czerny	...	Mr. Bottoms
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Mr. Theopolis
David Kaye	...	Narrator (voice)
Jan Skorzewski	...	Eating Zombie
Kevin Tyell	...	Zombie's Victim

MPAA:

Rated R for zombie-related violence.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White (one scene) | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:14 | New Zealand:R13 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

Carrie-Anne Moss's mother, Barbara Moss, has a few seconds on screen playing Carrie-Anne Moss' character, Helen Robinson's mom.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the car washing scene with Fido and Timmy, when Helen brings out the three drinks, she closes the door behind her, but the door is open in subsequent shots of the house (we can see the stairwell inside the house).

Quotes:

Cindy Bottoms: Hi Timmy. Surprised?
Timmy Robinson: Sort of.
Cindy Bottoms: It's okay. It's sort of cool in a way. And he's a lot nicer.
Timmy Robinson: Do you wanna play catch?
Cindy Bottoms: Sure.
Timmy Robinson: Does, uh, your zombie wanna play? What do you call him anyways?
Cindy Bottoms: I don't know. Right now I'm just calling him 'Daddy.'
Timmy Robinson: Sure, okay. Come on.
Cindy Bottoms: Come on, Daddy.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Hollywood on Set: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer/Nancy Drew/Fido" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Hold Me Love Me

Cute comedy

Fido is a cute comedy that deserves wider recognition, especially considering the mainstream crap that is supposed to entertain us these days.

As has already been pointed out, this is hardly a real zombie film, but rather a sweet satire that employs the undead to point fingers. While there are necessarily some bloody scenes, there is almost no gore and the way this movie is presented (feel-good 50s style), I can't imagine anyone being actually scared or turned off by Fido & his fellow sufferers.

While the cast is generally good, I felt that Moss and Nelson stood out. The humor is not in-your-face, but rather subdued; there's a lot of attention to detail and I caught myself smiling benignly several throughout the movie. This is certainly no masterpiece of cinema, but it doesn't strive to be - instead, Currie succeeds in delivering a heart-warming black comedy.