Strange Wilderness (2008)

Simply Perfect

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Happy Madison Productions, the production company by Adam Sandler, is not well known for making the freshest comedies out there. But even by their low standards, it is genuinely astonishing to see them drag so low with an abysmal comedy like this. Instead of bringing us another mediocre Adam Sandler flick, Happy Madison squanders an often likable cast of Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, and Justin Long on this horrendous excuse of a comedy that scrapes so far below the barrel and where laughs are as scarce as finding water in a dry desert. And the biggest mystery that lies here is not far can you make it through this film without turning it off, but how such amazing comedic actors are so willing to participate in such an atrocity like this. This film follows Peter (played by Steve Zahn), a host of a nature reality TV show known as "Strange Wilderness", a show created by his late father who made himself a star with the show. But after his death, the incompetent Peter takes the over show which results in severely low ratings and threatens put the show on cancellation if it its met with improvement. However, when Peter and his colleague Milas (played by Ernest Borgine) find evidence of Bigfoot lurking in the wild, Peter and his crew including pot-smoking Junior (played by Justin Long), Lynn (played by Jonah Hill), Fred (played by Allen Covert), hot blondie Cheryl (played by Ashley Scott), and the newly hired Whitaker (played by Kevin Hefferman) set out the wilderness in attempt to capture bigfoot on broadcast and save their show.The film sees its cast squandering as the lowest common denominator to the point where you are left questioning if this film is even a straight forward comedy or a contest to see how long you can sustain their obnoxious behavior and their endless strain of scatological humor even an intoxicated person would find a hard time laughing at before turning this off (though it feels awfully like the latter). While sitting through this, I couldn't help but wonder if these jokes were either written by a middle schooler or director Fred Wolff was just running empty of ideas remotely funny. This film seems to show no interest in delivering any good laughs but instead pushing boundaries to see how far the cast can get away with absurd gross-out humor and dialogue that's just plain idiotic. One gag including a highlight scene with Steve Zahn having his penis unintentionally lodged down a turkey's throat. Seriously, is this really supposed be funny? Because in all honesty, its not nor are any of the other ridiculous jokes the film throws at us, and the sad part is that scene is not the only absurd penis gag that gets thrown at us. The second of which involves a campfire scene with Robert Patrick that is equally unfunny and by some degree, flat out disgusting. It appears that the writer and director's logic for this film is "the grosser it is, the funnier it is". From there on, the story continues on the characters' trek to find the mythical creature; but with all the abysmal jokes and overall lazy writing we are forced to endure, it gets to the point where you just don't care and are just waiting for the end credits the roll. The characters are too annoying and inept to even be deemed likable, and the performances the cast delivers certainly mark an all-time low for each and every one of them.Strange Wilderness is horrifying unfunny and bland comedy that is definitely not worth your time, and certainly shouldn't have been worth the time of any cast and crew members involved. While Hollywood is no stranger is opening the doors of abysmal comedies like this, it is genuinely to sad see such a good actors like these fall so deep below barrel with atrocities like this.

This film definitely deserves a place in the history of cinematic film.... right there next to "The Attack of The Killer Tomatoes" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space." I really don't remember the last time I saw a movie this bad.It almost seems that the same philosophy of "f*** it let's just push on" that is applied within the film, was applied to the making of it.The cast is filled with talented people who generally make me laugh and I enjoy seeing on the screen (Jonah Hill, Steve Zahn, Alan Covert and Ashley Scott; who doesn't necessarily make me laugh, but is nice to look at) as well as a host of other memorable Hollywood veterans who all, more or less, deliver decent performances.However, the script, the plot, the tastelessness of some of the scenes (MOST of the scenes) and the general lack of actual comedy in this wreck, would have barely made me chuckle if I'd been hitting the bong myself.Though I saw the film for free, by the end of it I was ready to demand my money back.Yeah I know, I didn't pay a dime to see it, but somehow I still feel cheated.

Is it the godfather? No. Is it raging bull? No. Is it a decent waste of time? Sure. I am a Steve Zahn fan, so I enjoyed it. The acting is not the greatest--this is a group of friends that have access to cameras, and just had a good time. There isn't much of a script--again, it is a group of friends that got together. But, not every movie has to change the world. You can't watch every movie just to change your life or perspective on world hunger. I don't think I would go so far to buy this movie, or even rent it. But to watch it on cable? Not a bad deal. Sometimes, sometimes, you just want to go to woods and wander around and look at porcupines. Strange wilderness, indeed.

I saw Strange Wilderness a few years ago. All the reviews I read for the movie were terrible and when I went to IMDb, I didn't expect much to change. Personally I had never laughed so hard at movie in my life. "Strange Wilderness reminded me of the movie "Airplane", which was just as stupid, but you ended up laughing yourself silly. Now for those who loved the movie "The Hangover", I'm sure you this movie just as funny. Steve Zahn and his band of idiots kept you rolling throughout their trek to find Big Foot. Strange Wilderness is one of those movie you can have a blast watching with friends(the crazy ones that will get you locked up). It's no surprise that "Strange Wilderness" didn't receive any Oscars. I did think it was worthy of better reviews. When it comes to Comedies I have to put the movie in my "all time top 20". If you are a serious movie critic, there really is no point in wasting your time viewing. Now for those who aren't so serious about their movies, "Strange Wilderness" is a definite must see!