48/50
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy-drama that follows the journey of Merritt (Sonequa Martin-Green), a U.S. Army veteran from Afghanistan who finds herself at odds with her family over the presence of her best friend Zoe (Natalie Morales) who has died in the military. Despite the persistence of her VA counselor (Morgan Freeman), the tough love of her mother (Gloria Ruben), and the ease of an unexpected love interest, Merritt’s cozy, dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo isolated from the world. . That is until Merritt’s estranged grandfather (Ed Harris) – holed up in the family’s ancestral lake house – begins to lose his way and needs the one thing he refuses… help. At its core, it’s a buddy movie about complicated friendships, a divided family, and the complicated ways we deal with grief.