‘Over Your Dead Body’ Review: Jason Segel and Samara Weaving Are Out to Kill Each Other in a Mad Thriller That May Be the Quintessential SXSW Movie

A different film festival takes place somewhere in the world nearly every week. But the big-dog film festivals are those that can be symbolized by a certain kind of movie: the earnest dramas and quirky comedies that define Sundance, the high-minded international cinema that rules at Cannes. Yet SXSW may be the one film festival where a quintessential movie that plays there isn’t only defining — it’s practically a genre.

Here are some of the qualities that comprise what has come to be seen as the classic SXSW movie experience. It is violent. It is funny. It is aggressive. It involves murder and mayhem executed in flamboyantly nonchalant ways. It is on some level an action ride, though a ride with attitude. It’s smart about being debauched, and flippantly ironic about being smart. That’s what gives it the hip factor that’s the key to the SXSW secret sauce.