Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
Production
Immaculate pastel production design mocks 1950s suburban fantasy.
Acting
Billy Connolly's wordless zombie performance is genuinely moving.
Writing
Dark comedy that never punches down at its zombie 'other.'
Director
Andrew Currie
Billy Connolly
Fido
Carrie-Anne Moss
Helen Robinson
Dylan Baker
Bill Robinson
Kesun Loder
Timmy Robinson
Henry Czerny
Jonathan Bottoms
Tim Blake Nelson
Mr. Theopolis
Sonja Bennett
Tammy
Alexia Fast
Cindy Bottoms
Brandon Olds
Stan Fraser
Rob LaBelle
Frank Murphy
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight
Miss Mills
Mary Black
Mrs. Henderson
Doug Abrahams
Commanding Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Billy Connolly accepted the role without a script, based solely on the pitch: 'Lassie with zombies.' He improvised most of Fido's grunts and gestures.
The film satirizes both 1950s American conformity and post-9/11 security theater—the 'Zombie War' stands in for any manufactured enemy that keeps citizens compliant.
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