This is a real treasure and a surprise. Minimalistic horror with great acting. I disagree with the viewers that thought the third act 'explained' everything. It left me with many questions still which will probably warrant a re-watch. I want to know if my understanding actually makes sense.

This film had me until the end, where the writing absolutely falls to pieces. It was like one of those exercises where someone starts a short story and then passes it off to the person sitting next to them. Imagine if that were made into a film...that's Pontypool.

A tad disjointed in places, and the 'convenient' appearance of the doctor seemed forced, but overall, Pontypool is a very interesting take on the zombie genre. Definitely worth the watch.

Incredible job with the budget used.

Pretentious, self indulgent and completely unentertaining series of blowhard monologues.

70.250

Good story/set-up, bad follow through/ending

An intelligent and exceptionally clever horror film which overcomes its restricted locations and budget to create a hypothetical concept that is irresistible and done with great acting and solid direction.

Overall Enjoyment: 30/40, Plot/Themes: 15/20, Cinematography/Direction: 10/20, Acting/Writing: 15/20 Low budget very well done horror movie. It was a fun ride for most of the way through but falls apart in the last 20 minutes. Fantastic use of sound.

Weird indy Canadian film that tells the story of a 28 Days Later-like virus that spreads through a community in Northern Ontario, told entirely from the point of view of a radio station broadcasting news updates/eyewitness reports. Very creepy in parts, it reminded me of the original Night of the Living Dead with mounting tension and inescapable dread. However the big reveal of what is causing the outbreak is a twist of M. Night Shyamalan levels of retardation. Still reasonably entertaining.

"Pontypool at least manages to amuse (a spur-of-the-moment on-air obituary is priceless) as well as consistently intrigue, right up to a bizarro post-credits epilogue that seems beamed in from Sin City." - Nick Schager

booooooooring.

A truly unnerving exploration of an idea that comes straight out of the scholarly journals of postmodern linguists. Gallons of theory were subtly injected into what seems like a straight-up zombie flick. Which is perhaps why it went over the head of the viewers expecting a standard gory romp. A one-of-a-kind horror of a whole different dimension, a companion piece to House of Leaves, this brilliant film seems like it will always be undeservedly under-appreciated.

I am a fan of a lot of Bruce McDonald's work. I also liked most of this film, especially the first third. The movie looses steam in the end and has a disappointing ending.

I think there was an interesting idea here somewhere, but honestly it's just the laziest zombie movie ever made. Like most zombie movies, it isn't sure if it wants to be scary, funny or a clever allegory, so it doesn't manage to be anything. At least in most of them we get gore, but Pontypool is too cheap for that, weaseling out of it by restricting itself to one location and four characters, and describing a viral infection too gimmicky to have any logic or sense.

starts out as a decent zombie-esque flick and turns it upside down and murders the entire idea. words that turn people into homicidal maniacs, give me a break, and what's more it kind of just introduces the idea, branches off a concept or two and leaves it hanging there like some moron trying to make bread with just water and salt--and instead of baking it pours it in the clothes hamper. yeah, it makes that much sense.

The part where they to the reporter in the field is one of the creepiest things I've ever sat through.

Superb idea

Aka: "Talk Zombie Radio." And I mean that in the best way possible.

One has to appreciate the makers' ability to create horror with only four actors appearing for the most of the film. You hear rather than see what happens, through the cool voice of the radio host Grant Mazzy (nailed by actor Stephen McHattie), and that is all the more thrilling. Although the ending didn't satisfy (the cleverness isn't concluded too cleverly) this is a horror film worth watching.

Mutevazi bir yapim, diyalog tabanli bir film. Bu tarz son derece surukleyici yapimlar var fakat Pontypool bunlardan birisi olmayi basaramamis.

One of the best "zombie" films to come out recently, this movie is a whole lot of fun and gives a cool new twist to the zombie virus. Well worth the watch, it's not the best film, but it's fucking fun and scary.

Great. A refreshingly Unique spin on the zombie genre where radio station crew in a small Canadian town is besieged in their building after a deadly viral break-out. This is a small cast movie with Stephen McHattie giving a flawless performance as the radio jockey. Excepting a few hiccups, this is the perfect slow horror movie. Highly recommended.

I was so surprised to find this movie so good. It's been one of the better horror flicks - at one point I just get tired of the all gore no story films - this is really rather great! The atmosphere is consistently claustrophobic, the idea is refreshingly new (at least to me) and it's great to see it is possible to go to quite new directions in this genre. At some points it really gave me the chills, and that's excactly what I love about horror movies!

Interesting twist on the zombie genre that falls apart in the last act, due to an excess of exposition. The movie succeeds on the strength of it's perspective; I had never seen a zombie movie before that removes us from the zombie imagery. Getting fractured reports of increasing mayhem is even more tense than seeing zombies ripping into human flesh and the acting, especially from shock-jock Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy, helps ground the whole experience in a desperate reality. A fine film.

Surprising take on the zombie genre, bending the rules which leads to some suspenseful turns. Limiting the events to one location might not satisfy action-oriented gorehounds, but definitely kept things interesting enough for me to even notice or mind.

An entertaining film that breaks many zombie genre cliches. Unfortunately, it picks the cliches that make most zombie films fun (namely, lots and lots of killing). However, it replaces action with compelling suspense and a cloud of claustrophobia that hangs around the entire plot, most of which takes place entirely in a church basement. It's pretty funny too.

Interesting premise destroys itself in the third act. Not a very cinematic movie to say the least, maybe the movie version of 'Cell', a book which I think heavily influenced this film, might provide a more interesting counterpart to the so called 'originality' of Pontypool.

The concept is absurd and completely supernatural but the presentation is top-notch and novel. At times the visual aspect seems unnecessary, like I could close my eyes and not miss a thing.

A refreshingly clever piece of low budget horror. The plot necessitates that voices dominate and McHattie's certainly holds thrall. His voice is the ascending heartbeat that imbues the film with a building intrigue, a creeping dread. The otherwise compelling script takes a turn towards the unintelligible, but corrects enough to provide a solid finish.

Awesomely fresh take on the zombie flick. It's not perfect, but I can't really think of any horror movie I'd rather watch. Intelligent, well paced and genuinely disturbing.

The movie took entirely too long to get to anything, only had a few glimmers of interest and then fell prey to so many pitfalls of the genre. Mediocre movie.

This movie could have been cut shorter and made a episode of Tales from the Crypt. There are some elements of this movie I thought were ok. But as a whole i dont get all the love for this movie..I do admit the last 3 seconds and the final scene I thought was so cool and hopeless