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Strange Wilderness
- Review Date: May 19, 2008
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2008
Common Sense Media says
Unfunny "comedy" is crude, profane, drug-filled.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this over-the-top gross-out comedy from Adam Sandler's production company is riddled with crude jokes, some of which are (most likely quite intentionally) offensive: Characters make fun of how Mexicans speak and talk about women as if they're nothing more than sex objects. Even animals are sexualized (yuck). There's some nudity -- random women dancing bare-breasted in thongs and close-ups of male genitalia -- and frequent drug use (particularly marijuana). The characters swear a blue streak, especially favoring "f--k" and derivations thereof).
What's the story?
Wildlife expert Peter Gaulke's (Steve Zahn) nature show -- which he inherited from his TV legend dad -- is on the brink of cancellation. His crew is made up of stoners, and his knowledge of animal life is dubious at best (sample voiceover: "Bears are a proud people, though they aren't people per se"). But he has one last shot to save the show: A can't-miss episode that will win over his station manager (Jeff Garlin). Enter flimsy plot device: A tipster says he's spotted Bigfoot and can lead Peter to where the creature lives. If Peter manages to catch the legend in action, the show is saved.
Is it any good?
The biggest mystery in STRANGE WILDERNESS isn't whether the crew will ever find Bigfoot (viewers will likely be way past caring by the time that plot point is resolved). It's how producers managed to wrangle a fairly good cast and still turn out such a dud. There's no storytelling, and the jokes are lifeless or just plain bad. Consider this: The film's "highlight" is a gag that has a turkey clinging to Peter's private parts with its beak.
Zahn has potential. He's slacker-sleepy and likable, delivering jokes without overselling them. But his insouciant charm sadly does him no good in this lackluster comedy. Really, he deserves so much better, and Judd Apatow muse Jonah Hill, who plays Peter's assistant, ought to have steered clear as well.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about why Hollywood is motivated to produce gross-out comedies. What's their appeal? Why are some successful (and actually funny), while others fall flat? What makes a good comedy? When does humor fall under the category of "in poor taste"? Who determines what counts as "bad taste" to begin with?
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this is for wierd peaple
Strange Wilderness is for people who are high and love to laugh. It is an out of the ordinary situation. And the characters are unbelievable because there faces are weird and there are glitches in the movie so I don’t recommend this movie to anybody to watch it.
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yes there is some f-words, swords, and other things (one c--k). There is some sexual content (a few jokes i dont remember) a scene were he gets excited that the animals are having sex. There is a sex scene scene from a security camera, only topless nudity. there are other scenes with topless nudity. there is male nudity, which in some way really arnt male nudiy and there is no way to explain. There is a character that uses drugs throughout, and there is another scene where they all get accidently high. There is also some blood from a shark bite
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So lame, don't even bother
Don't even bother, this movie was one of the lamest movies I've ever seen. The only funny part was the shot of the bucktoothed shark that you'd already seen in the previews anyway.
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Sick!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great movie for teens~
I've seen this twice, but it's been about a year since I last saw it. Both me and my mom thought it was a really funny movie, although it was pretty stupid. :p
It was pretty graphic in language and sexual content, but nothing too bad for someone 13-14+ (the age I watched it for the first time at) I recommend 14+ teens watch it. :)
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HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!
TITLE SAYS IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A Dumb Movie, but God it's hilarious.
Despite what Common Sense says this movie is extremely explicit, lacks plot, but through all of it; it is most certainly not "unfunny". When I went with my friends, there wasn't a moment we weren't laughing. Language is constant, but hey, nothing you haven't heard before, just a buncha four-lettered words. Drugs is an issue, a couple characters are apparently potheads. And the movie isn't THAT bad sexually, but a couple scenes make it awful. Two brief female nude scenes, a couple of male "nudity" scenes (Neither showed real parts, and were played for laughs. But the worst is the sex scene on a security camera (We see the man, the woman, and h*mping.) But the movie is still hilarious.
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| Studio: | Paramount Pictures |
| Director: | Fred Wolf |
| Cast: | Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Steve Zahn |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 86 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | February 1, 2008 |
| DVD release date: | May 19, 2008 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | non-stop language, drug use, crude and sexual humor. |
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