Pontypool (2009)
"Shut up or die."
ThumbScore
👍 65%audience score
Critics Score
🎬 69%
(RT: 84%, MC: 54) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lisa Houle as Sydney Briar
Georgina Reilly as Laurel-Ann Drummond
Hrant Alianak as Dr. Mendez
Rick Roberts as Ken Loney (voice)
Beatriz Yuste as Nancy Freethy
Boyd Banks as Jay (Osama)
Is Pontypool good?
It's divisive. 65% audience score, estimated from 693 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 69%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission. Wikipedia ↗
