2008 Woodie Awards
Review: Strange Wilderness (movie)
Chase Becicka
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: A&E
Mix crude and depraved humor with a fair amount of nudity and an abundance of stoner jokes and random scenes, which have nothing to do with the actual movie, and you will have an idea of what to expect from "Strange Wilderness."
The movie follows the crew of nature show "Strange Wilderness" as they struggle to keep the once prosperous show afloat. After meetings with the network executives break down Peter Gaulke, the show's host, is informed that the show will be cancelled in two weeks unless they come up with something big in what little production time they have left.
The crew spends a night brain storming about how to potentially save the show when the idea of finding the elusive Big Foot is brought forward. The crew then miraculously locates a map showing that Big Foot lives in the mountains of Ecuador and so they hit the road shooting new shows along the way.
The trip is filled with scenes of substance abuse of every kind imaginable, humorous yet disturbing encounters with animals that range from an unexpected and completely unexpected shark mauling to a random turkey attack on the shows host.
Strange Wilderness also throws a lot of basic slap stick comedy along with the standard plot twists you see coming a mile away at its audience which is typical of any B level comedy in today's market.
For those who enjoy the random and sometimes downright gross comedies of today "Strange Wilderness" is for you. However, if you want to go to a clever comedy with jokes original jokes that require some depth of thought then I recommend that you stay as far away as possible from "Strange Wilderness".
The movie follows the crew of nature show "Strange Wilderness" as they struggle to keep the once prosperous show afloat. After meetings with the network executives break down Peter Gaulke, the show's host, is informed that the show will be cancelled in two weeks unless they come up with something big in what little production time they have left.
The crew spends a night brain storming about how to potentially save the show when the idea of finding the elusive Big Foot is brought forward. The crew then miraculously locates a map showing that Big Foot lives in the mountains of Ecuador and so they hit the road shooting new shows along the way.
The trip is filled with scenes of substance abuse of every kind imaginable, humorous yet disturbing encounters with animals that range from an unexpected and completely unexpected shark mauling to a random turkey attack on the shows host.
Strange Wilderness also throws a lot of basic slap stick comedy along with the standard plot twists you see coming a mile away at its audience which is typical of any B level comedy in today's market.
For those who enjoy the random and sometimes downright gross comedies of today "Strange Wilderness" is for you. However, if you want to go to a clever comedy with jokes original jokes that require some depth of thought then I recommend that you stay as far away as possible from "Strange Wilderness".
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