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Strange Wilderness (2008)

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Reviews Counted:41

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Rotten:41

Average Rating:2.3/10

Consensus: Strange Wilderness is a laugh-free comedy that's both aimless and overly crass.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for non-stop language, drug use, crude and sexual humor.

Runtime: 3 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:11-04-2008

Synopsis: Steve Zahn leads a ragtag crew of wasted nature documentarians deep into the Ecuadorian forest on a quest for the legendary Bigfoot. Constantly being rousted for their drunken ineptitude and... Steve Zahn leads a ragtag crew of wasted nature documentarians deep into the Ecuadorian forest on a quest for the legendary Bigfoot. Constantly being rousted for their drunken ineptitude and ill-informed voiceover narrations, the boys need a break to boost their ratings and Bigfoot might be it; all they have to do is remember to load the camera and not get eaten (especially by a certain turkey). Allen Covert, SUPERBAD's Jonah Hill, Justin Long, and Kevin Heffernan are the crew. Harry Hamlin is a rival bigfoot tracker. Ashley Scott (INTO THE BLUE) provides the ubiquitous foxy babe interest. Ernest Borgnine, Robert Patrick, and Joe Don Baker show up in bit parts. A sort of low-rent LIFE AQUATIC, WILDERNESS is such a fall-down farce that viewers might forget they're not cracking jokes while watching ANIMAL PLANET with their cronies instead of seeing a real movie, but maybe that's a good thing. Former SNL scribe Fred Wolf (JOE DIRT) directs, keeping it as ramshackle and rough around the edges as the law will allow. STRANGE WILDERNESS may not be pretty, but it earns a load of laughs through its sheer mullet-headed recklessness. [More]

Starring: Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan

Starring: Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Kevin Heffernan, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante, Harry Hamlin, Robert Patrick, Joe Don Baker, Justin Long, Jeff Garlin, Ernest Borgnine

Director: Fred Wolf

Director: Fred Wolf
Screenwriter: Peter Gaulke, Fred Wolf
Producer: Peter Gaulke
Composer: Waddy Wachtel
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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The cinematography and sound work are mediocre, but still far better than the material deserves: you can still see and hear what's happening on the screen.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
02/05/08
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

At least Gaulke and Wolf didn't have to go far to kill their reputation: During the jungle piranha attack scene, a mallard floats by in the background.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
02/05/08
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
Boxoffice Magazine

This movie is designed for an audience that likes gross-out humour and endless silliness.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
02/04/08
Philip Marchand
Philip Marchand
Toronto Star

The use of found footage intended to match-edit their locales, along with the use of wildlife animal scenes, is so crude that I want to call this an exploitation film. (Of nature, that is.)

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/04/08
Matthew Sorrento
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat

Despite the presence of funny guys such as Zahn, Garlin, Justin Long and Jonah Hill, along with veteran character actors Ernest Borgnine, Joe Don Baker and Robert Patrick, the movie fails to be even passably funny.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/04/08
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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There are stupid stoner comedies and then there are stupid stoner comedies that ain't funny, and the latest effluvium from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison production company is mostly a bummer.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
02/04/08
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

It feels more like a compilation of skits from a failed comedy show.

Full Review Source: Bronsonfive | comment Comment
02/03/08
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro
Bronsonfive

Instantly forgettable and proudly lazy, Strange Wilderness feels like it's being made up on the spot.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
02/02/08
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

While it's too pleasant to be irritating, it's also too lackadaisical to be truly funny.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
02/02/08
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Underachieving even by the standards of stoner comedies, Strange Wilderness is so inert that it doesn’t so much unreel on screen as loiter there, giggling at its own outrageousness.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/02/08
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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Laughter is definitely an endangered species where Strange Wilderness is concerned.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
02/02/08
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Sloppy, choppy, and indifferently assembled, Strange Wilderness is slapdash even by the relaxed standards of its executive producer, Adam Sandler.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
02/02/08
Steven Hyden
Steven Hyden
AV Club

A nearly plotless and always asinine stoner comedy that is so inconsequential it begins to evaporate from the memory before it is even over.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
02/02/08
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

You'd have to be more than merely intoxicated to find anything about this dismal stoner comedy remotely funny. You'd have to be unconscious.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/01/08
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

If you find bong hits, joy buzzers, and turkey fellatio hilarious, then perhaps sterilization is in order...best appreciated under heavy sedation and within close proximity of the fast-forward button.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/01/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com

I doubt many people are going to find it funny without some sort of chemical help.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
02/01/08
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Obviously the product of minimal effort by all parties involved, Strange Wilderness is a slovenly, slapped-together stoner comedy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/01/08
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Maturity obviously is not required to make or see these movies, but would anyone really admit to laughing at a turkey biting a man's penis?

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
02/01/08
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

A bunch of guys wandering around in the plastic foliage of Disney's Jungle Cruise ride pretending to see monkeys.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
02/01/08
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

February may be too early to start thinking about year-end lists, but frankly, I'll be shocked if I see 10 movies in 2008 that are worse than Strange Wilderness.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
02/01/08
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC
 
 
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