My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) on Netflix
Merit, an Afghanistan veteran, keeps seeing Zoe, her dead Army friend. Her grandfather Dale, losing his way at the family's lake house, refuses the help he needs.
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- IMDb6.4/104,213 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes100%
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Plot summary
Merit is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2016 and lives with PTSD. She attends group therapy but is haunted by visions of Zoe, her dead best friend and Army buddy, whose company keeps the two of them apart from other people. Her VA group counselor keeps after her, her mother offers tough love, and an unexpected love interest brings some levity. Merit's grandfather Dale, a former Lieutenant Colonel, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and is staying at the family's lake house, where he is losing his way and refuses the one thing he will not accept, help. Merit steps in as his aide.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- My Dead Friend Zoe was the first film to be financed with green energy tax credits, according to Variety.
- Kyle Hausmann-Stokes wrote and directed the film as his feature debut, inspired by his five years serving in Iraq as a paratrooper and convoy commander.
