Reception
George Romero won a 2008 Critics Award for Diary of the Dead. The film received mixed to positive reviews. One reviewer acknowledged that Romero is still the master of the genre, and that the film was as enjoyable as Romero's previous entries in the pentalogy, and that it also retained Romero's social commentary, including American's newfound reliance on the media for information and community. The film currently has a "fresh" rating of 62% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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