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Strange Wilderness
Paramount Pictures


4.4

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MPAA RATING: R for non-stop language, drug use, crude and sexual humor

Starring Steve Zahn, Jonah Hill, Allen Covert, Harry Hamlin, Robert Patrick, Justin Long, Jeff Garlin, and Ernest Borgnine

Animal enthusiast Peter Gaulke and his sidekick Fred Wolf host an ailing wildlife TV show Strange Wilderness, which is in a steep ratings decline. Desperate to save the show, Peter hatches a Hail Mary scheme to find the one animal that could truly turn the show around and change the nature-show landscape forever - Bigfoot. (Paramount Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Peter Gaulke Fred Wolf
DIRECTED BY:	Fred Wolf
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: May 20, 2008 Theatrical: February 1, 2008
RUNNING TIME:	87 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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The Onion (A.V. Club) Steven Hyden

Strange Wilderness has three bad comic ideas for every good joke, and it botches many of those, too, thanks to slack comic timing and a nonexistent grasp of storytelling basics. But just when the flop-sweat stench is about to become unbearable, Strange Wilderness stumbles upon an uproarious, laugh-out moment, and suddenly it's tolerable again for another few minutes.

Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones

This one has the feel of being penned on rolling papers, with room to spare.

Chicago Reader Reece Pendleton

Aside from the waste of a talented cast, the only thing that really caught my attention was the tomblike silence of the audience--at least until the bong jokes started.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

By far the funniest part of Strange Wilderness is the trailer for "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" that's running before it.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Despite the presence of funny guys such as Zahn, Garlin, Justin Long and Jonah Hill, along with veteran character actors Ernest Borgnine, Joe Don Baker and Robert Patrick, the movie fails to be even passably funny.

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

The result is a slacker comedy that goes slacker by the second, trying hard to be rude and crude but suggesting an old John Candy-Dan Aykroyd movie with bongs and more swearing.

The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz

What 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.

Variety Joe Leydon

Obviously the product of minimal effort by all parties involved, Strange Wilderness is a slovenly, slapped-together stoner comedy.

LA Weekly Aaron Hillis

No snob to low-brow ridiculousness when it’s actually unexpected, I’ll admit to being amused exactly once, when Zahn gets deep-throated by a gigantic prop turkey who, despite the mouthful, keeps on flapping.

TV Guide Ken Fox

You'd have to be more than merely intoxicated to find anything about this dismal stoner comedy remotely funny. You'd have to be unconscious.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason McBride

The vibe isn't mellow, nor predictably, affably dumb. Rather, this is a slapdash effort whose faux-Farrelly brothers humour is papered over with an unremitting, distasteful malice, featuring a cast that's completely wasted, in both senses of the word.

Film Threat Matthew Sorrento

It's a movie that manages to grow more idiotic by the scene.

The average user rating for this movie is 4.4 (out of 10) based on 39 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kayla gave it a1:
The guy that was in Superbad thats in this movie did horrible his acting was so bad, the character he had in superbad was the one i thought he was going to keep, instead he had this voice in strange wilderness that screamed to much acting he was trying so hard, the movie was horrible total waste of time

Kyle B. gave it a1:
The worst movie I've ever seen! I walked out 50 minutes in to it.

Steve F. gave it a0:
Sandler's Happy Madison reaches a new low. My favorite movie of all time is Animal House. My favorite comedy this past year was Superbad. I loved National Security. So I was looking forward to Strange Wilderness. We left the theater with 10 minutes of the film remaining. I do not think I have ever seen as stupid a film as this "effort". It is shocking to me that this disaster... and it is a disaster for Happy Madison and the actors associated with it.. ever made it past the editing room. I enjoy a good dirty joke as much as the next guy. But this was not a comedy...it was in fact a tragedy!

Jared L. gave it a10:
This movie was soooo funny! I recommend going a little inebriated, makes the whole thing that much better. Seems like they made it for me when I am either high or drunk (in this case both). Go see this movie!

J K. gave it a0:
This movie is awful. It is not funny, but instead, a total waste of time. Although the concept had the potential for a hilarious comedy, the end result was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It's that simple.

Liz W. gave it a1:
I can say with total confidence that the only people who would enjoy this movie are the ones whose lives consist of smoking pot, drinking beer, smoking pot, peeing on people's couches, and smoking pot. Worst movie I have ever seen. Funny how they leave the shark part until the very end; I bet they knew they'd have a lot more people walking out if they'd slotted it in in the beginning.

Carly gave it a10:
Hahaha my friends and i LOVED this movie!! It's definitely a stupid funny/stoner movie but god damn is it hilarious!

Strange Wilderness Paramount Pictures

Strange Wilderness
Paramount Pictures