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Marry My Dead Body Review (2023) — 79% Celluloid Score

Directed by Cheng Wei-hao · 2023 ·

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Answer Summary: Is Marry My Dead Body worth watching?

Marry My Dead Body (2023) earns a 79% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for Marry My Dead Body?

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

79%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

85% Critic Score
90% Audience
72 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.7
7.5 IMDb /10
Runtime
1h 49m
Cast
Greg Hsu , Austin Lin , Gingle Wang , Chen Wen-chieh
Where to stream in the US
Disney+

🏆 1 nomination

Where to watch in the United States

  • Disney+

Why this score?

  • Majority of critics rated it fresh (85%).
  • Audiences widely enjoyed it (90%).
  • Metascore is generally favorable (72/100).
  • Celluloid Score 79% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded comedy, mystery, fantasy pick
  • Short runtime — easy weeknight watch

Not ideal for

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    Is Marry My Dead Body worth watching?

    Yes — Marry My Dead Body earns a 79% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Greg Hsu and Austin Lin's chemistry powered a cross-genre hit that critics called messy but irresistible — a queer ghost comedy that proved Taiwanese commercial cinema could be progressive and profitable simultaneously.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

    What is Marry My Dead Body about?

    A homophobic police detective is forced into a ghost marriage with the gay victim of a hit-and-run so the spirit can possess his body and solve the case. Cheng Wei-hao blends buddy-cop comedy, queer romance, and supernatural whodunit into Taiwan's crowd-pleasing genre mash-up of 2023.

    Critic Reviews

    critic Marry My Dead Body

    Marry My Dead Body (2023) Review: Taiwan's Queer Ghost Comedy Hit

    Cheng Wei-hao's cop-marries-ghost comedy conquered Taiwan — 85% critics, 90% audiences, Greg Hsu and Austin Lin chemistry for the ages.

    Joyful [Taiwan](/country/taiwan/) genre mash-up on [Best of Asia 2016–2026](/best/asia-2016-2026/) — queer romance, buddy cop, supernatural whodunit in one package.

    Dr. Amara Okonkwo World Cinema Editor

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