‘Didn’t Die’ Review: Pandemic Zom-Com Has All the Right Ideas but Lacks Horror Execution
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variety.comSiddhant Adlakha It’s surprising more contemporary zombie films haven’t been thinly-veiled metaphors for the COVID-19 pandemic.
In that vein, Meera Menon‘s bleakly amusing “Didn’t Die” has the right idea — one of several remarkable conceptual instincts— though its end result is somewhat scattered.
The movie follows sardonic Indian American podcast host Vinita Malhotra (Kiran Deol) through romantic and familial reunions as her show celebrates its 100th episode.
Menon attempts to juggle this straightforward plot with thoughtful reflections on lingering trauma two years into an apocalypse, though the film doesn’t always succeed.
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