
When his father dies, Peter Gaulke inherits "Strange Wilderness," dad's TV show about animals. After ratings plummet and the show is canceled, we watch a long flashback to see its demise. The studio head gives the show two more weeks. An old friend brings a story about Bigfoot in Ecuador, so a long road trip ensues with stops along the way and enough problems, misjudgments, and deaths to sink a less intrepid band. Peter's team faces competition from a better-funded and more p... (Full plot summary below)
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When his father dies, Peter Gaulke inherits "Strange Wilderness," dad's TV show about animals. After ratings plummet and the show is canceled, we watch a long flashback to see its demise. The studio head gives the show two more weeks. An old friend brings a story about Bigfoot in Ecuador, so a long road trip ensues with stops along the way and enough problems, misjudgments, and deaths to sink a less intrepid band. Peter's team faces competition from a better-funded and more practiced set of rivals. Who will find Bigfoot first, and will they get it on tape and save the show? Can Peter make dad proud?
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| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfIf 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. |
| New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzWhat rankles isn’t the gross-out humor or the verbal non sequiturs, which are expected, even welcome, in this sort of movie. It’s the smug sense of entitlement -- that of intoxicated dweebs tittering endlessly and obnoxiously at their own supposed cleverness. “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” is the gold standard in this genre. Strange Wilderness is a counterfeit bill. |
| The National (UAE)Kaleem AftabThis lame wildlife safari can at least claim to be environmentally friendly: all the jokes are recycled. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferInstantly forgettable and proudly lazy, Strange Wilderness feels like it's being made up on the spot. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderWhile it's too pleasant to be irritating, it's also too lackadaisical to be truly funny. |
| Irish TimesDonald ClarkeCall me a moron, but I laughed so hard I inhaled my roach. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceThis farcical comedy is a Morlock of a movie--an ugly, subhuman dirt-dweller. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisMaturity 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? |
| Urban CinefileLouise KellerWhat can you say about a film when its most memorable scene is the one in which Steve Zahn's private parts get caught up in a turkey's throat? |
| BBC.comPaul ArendtThere's nothing in this lame, low budget stoner flick that even peeps above the parapet of the ordinary. |