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| Paste MagazineB. PantherThose who choose to embrace the uncertainty get an enjoyable exercise in suspending rationality. Tucked away in the film’s charmingly light and plucky script is a profound challenge for Fodor, and for us: To hold logic and antilogic in our minds at once. |
| RogerEbert.comNell MinowThis film is in conversation with existential issues of meaning and with contemporary concerns about the failures of institutional authority, though is not always clear what he wants us to think about it. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWhat a daft and twee thing Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose is. And God help anybody trying to market this dry, eccentric comedy built around the charms of Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd and sci-fi author Neil Gaiman voicing a (possibly) imaginary “talking mongoose.” |
| ColliderChase HutchinsonThe cast is sufficiently fun and the remote location a proper backdrop for the offbeat story to play out. It just never brings all its pieces together, revealing that the greatest paranormal force haunting the entire affair is the ghost of a better film. |
| User ReviewTVJerryThis is the only review I've written with a post-credit sequence that was the funniest thing in the film. If the title sounds quirky, you'd be half right. The title IS quirky, but the film…not so much. Simon Pegg plays a paranormal expert in the 30s who travels to a small farm where the titular animal resides. Yes, the residents seem sure that this creature is real and does indeed talk, but that's where the quirk ends. The writing is flat and most of the events aren't remotely amusing. Tossing in Minnie Driver and Christopher Lloyd doesn't really make much difference. While the subject offered potential, this dry realization tries to be existential and eccentric, but usually just falls short. As for that funny part: After the credits roll, the screen is divided into 2 parts: on one side is a list of hundreds of names (probably Kickstarter investors) and on the other side the cast takes turns dissing the director, ending with the sentiment, "You Suck." Funnier than anything that preceeds it. |
