My Boyfriend's Back is a 1993 American romantic black comedy/fantasy/horror film directed by Bob Balaban which tells the story of Johnny Dingle, a teenage boy who returns from the dead as a zombie to meet Missy McCloud, the girl he's in love with, for a date. The movie received negative reviews for its weak plot and bad acting.
The movie's title is a reference to the 1963 song of the same name by The Angels. The original title of the film, Johnny Zombie was changed shortly before the film's theatrical release. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, and Matthew Fox appear in small roles in the film.
Summary[]
Johnny Dingle's (Andrew Lowery) your typical teenager. He's in love with a beautiful girl named Missy McCloud (Traci Lind), but he can't tell her. One day, the shop where Missy works gets robbed and Johnny is killed trying to help. But Johnny doesn't want to stay dead, so he returns to his life like nothing ever happened. After a while, he discovers that his body is disintegrating, and he must feed on human flesh if he wants to survive.
Plot[]
Johnny and Missy are then escorted to the school prom by her father, where Johnny and Missy dance while everyone is watching. However, because Johnny failed to eat human flesh, he starts to die. When Missy gives him her locket and admits that he loves her, she admits she loves him too and cries as a flash of light appears, sending Johnny to the afterlife.
After dying, Johnny (now back in the clothes he wore when he was shot) finds himself in what looks like a white chapel, where the judge in heaven angrily reveals that when Johnny died, he was supposed to come directly here so he could pass judgement and send Johnny either up or down below and not return to earth as a zombie, only to die again. Johnny explains that he never planned this in the first place. The judge then apologizes about the shouting and reveals that Johnny wasn't supposed to be shot that night, as it was revealed that after the robber was knocked out and missed him and Missy, he was supposed to fall on a pot of coffee. Johnny is horrified to know that he's now dead because of a mistake, and the judge says that when that happens, the dead is given a second chance and returns to earth, which will erase any moment that occurred when the dead was alive. Johnny admits that Chuck was already dead when he tried to kill him with an axe but the judge sends him back.
Johnny returns back to the store where the incident happened. The robber shoots Johnny as he protects Missy. Eddie knocks him out like before, only this time he hits the coffee pot. As Johnny is once again dying, he admits to Missy that he's been in love with her since they were little kids. However, it turns out that Johnny isn't actually dying; it seems that the locket (the one that Missy gave him when he was dying the second time at the prom) shielded his heart, thus preventing him from dying and becoming a zombie. Johnny asks Missy to the prom, and as they dance, Johnny narrates how his story ended and admits that if he could do it again, he wouldn't change a thing, other than eating Buck if he was a zombie again.
Cast[]
- Andrew Lowery as Johnny Dingle
- Traci Lind as Missy McCloud
- Danny Zorn as Eddie
- Edward Herrmann as Mr. Dingle
- Mary Beth Hurt as Mrs. Dingle
- Jay O. Sanders as Sheriff McCloud
- Libby Villari as Camille McCloud
- Matthew Fox as Buck Van Patten
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Chuck Bronski
- Paul Dooley as Big Chuck
- Austin Pendleton as Dr. Bronson
- Cloris Leachman as Maggie the zombie expert
- Paxton Whitehead as Judge in heaven
- Matthew McConaughey as Guy #2
- Renee Zellweger (scene cut)
Notes[]
- This is Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey's first film roles. Renée Zellweger's only scene was cut from the film.
- Despite being played in a couple of previews and tv spots of this movie, the song "My Boyfriend's back" is never heard in the film.
Reception[]
The film was met with very negative reviews and had a very poor box office gross, making $3,335,984.
External links[]
- My Boyfriend's Back at Box Office Mojo
- My Boyfriend's Back at Rotten Tomatoes
- My Boyfriend's Back Review at Obscurus Lupa Presents
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