My Boyfriend's Back (film)

My Boyfriend's Back
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Balaban
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham
Written by	Dean Lorey
Starring	Andrew Lowery Traci Lind
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Cinematography	Mac Ahlberg
Editing by	Michael Jablow
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	August 6, 1993
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$3,335,984

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, Renée Zellweger, and Matthew Fox appear in small roles in the film.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Andrew Lowery as Johnny Dingle
• Traci Lind as Missy McCloud
• Danny Zorn as Eddie
• Edward Hermann 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 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
• Renée 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.^[1]

Reception

The film was met with very negative reviews and had a very poor box office gross, making $3,335,984 from an alleged $22 million budget.^[2]

See also

• List of zombie films

References

1. ^ Lovece, Frank. "Renee Zellweger talks about 'My One and Only'", Newsday, August 26, 2009.
2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=myboyfriendsback.htm

External links

• My Boyfriend's Back at the Internet Movie Database
• My Boyfriend's Back at Box Office Mojo
• My Boyfriend's Back at Rotten Tomatoes
• My Boyfriend's Back Review at Obscurus Lupa Presents