42/17
MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy-drama that follows Merritt (Sonequa Martin-Green), a U.S. Army veteran in Afghanistan, who clashes with her family over the presence of her deceased Zoe (Natalie Morales). Best friend. A friend from the military. Despite the stubbornness of her VA counselor (Morgan Freeman), the fierce love of her mother (Gloria Ruben), and the intricacies of an unexpected romance, Merritt and Zoe’s cozy-dysfunctional friendship isolates the two from the world. That is, until Merritt’s estranged grandfather (Ed Harris), holed up in the family’s ancestral lake house, starts drifting away and needs the one thing he refuses to… help. At its core, it’s a buddy movie about a complicated friendship, a divided family, and the complex ways we deal with grief.