A moving message and solid performances can't evade My Dead Friend Zoe's worst qualities, like its tepid visuals or stale dialogue

"My Dead Friend Zoe," starring Natalie Morales and Sonequa Martin-Green, confronts a dark reality of post-combat struggle with as much humor and playfulness as it does trauma and sorrow.

This image released by Briarcliff Entertainment shows Natalie Morales, left ... are riding in a Humvee in Afghanistan 2016 blasting Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” They are clearly friends, and ...