Parents' Guide to Sasquatch Sunset

This nearly unclassifiable movie has no dialogue, isn't exactly laugh-out-loud funny, is frequently gross, and may make you uncomfortable, but it's certainly interesting. Sasquatch Sunset is almost certainly unlike anything you've ever seen -- but when you see it, you'll know you've seen something. No genre seems exactly right, but "fantasy" may come the closest, given that these creatures are fictional. (Or are they?) Sibling co-directors David and Nathan Zellner -- David wrote the screenplay and Nathan plays Papa Sasquatch -- conjured up similarly quirky concoctions in their earlier movies Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and Damsel, and, despite this one feeling so much more experimental than narrative, it's of a piece with its predecessors.

For every moment of biological bodily function, we get another one that feels almost magical, like Eisenberg's Sasquatch trying to teach himself how to count using a nest with four eggs but getting lost after three. (He also tries to count the stars at night.) What's ultimately most fascinating about Sasquatch Sunset, though, is watching the creatures' day-to-day rituals. They're constantly moving, building shelters designed to last only a night, and yet they seem at peace with other animals. All in all, they're just living day-to-day, trying to get by, and that makes them not so different from humans.