Kuso

Released Jul 21, 2017

1h 26m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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The bizarre, mutated survivors of Los Angeles's nightmarish earthquake broadcast their stories on a makeshift network of discarded televisions.

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

Even those with a strong tolerance for monster-movie gore are far from guaranteed to accept its warm, clumpy bath of repugnant ickiness.

Jul 25, 2017

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Kuso may often feel unproductively loud, and monotonous, but it is a head-scratcher worth contending with.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 21, 2017

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Pitchfork

Maybe Kuso becomes coherent on a second or third viewing, but few would (or should) attempt such torture.

Jul 20, 2017

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Carolyn Mauricette

View From The Dark

This is why the Black director and cast composed of mostly people of colour is so important. It shows that we too have a sensibility for the avant-garde, perhaps even more so since some of our real-life experiences can be surreal...

May 16, 2019

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Tomas Trussow

The Lonely Film Critic

If this is the grossest film ever made, though, it's also quite dull. That's the barefaced truth of it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 5, 2018

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space

Loud, objectionable, occasionally funny but mostly trying, the visual experimentation and adherence to all things ugly quickly grows tiresome.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 18, 2017

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hyacynthe7

Ok this is a movie that should just never have been made. Hated it. Do not watch it. I gave it 1.5 stars for creativity. Not to be mistaken for actually enjoying it, because there is no joy in this film. It is a 90 minute series of almost all disconnected scenes depicting some of the grossest stuff ever. The director must have had some obsession with mouth sores because many of the scenes had people on it with huge and disgusting mouth sores. I saw this a few years ago on Shudder so I can't remember all of the details, just lots of bodily fluids, disgusting sex with sores, rotten body parts, etc. I'm a huge horror fan and love gore and weirdness but this movie was total gross out. I read some reviews that there are deeper meanings but I couldn't get past all the feces and pus.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/23

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Audience Member

That was grotesque. Figuratively and literally.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

If you love body horror. If you love Flying lotus and Aphex Twin's music. If you love David Firth's level of futility and creepiness. If you love these elements all wrapped up in a post apocalyptic free for all studded with an all star cast, then you will enjoy this film. If you are at all squeamish and/or not privy to avant garde film making, this is not the film for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Kuso is a highly underrated but also an acquired taste. It’s not a film most people will enjoy. There are a lot of great artistic/comedic minds who worked on Kuso such as Flying Lotus, David Firth (salad fingers 2007), Hannibal Buress (Eric Andre show) and Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show) amongst many others. Below are a couple important things to note before watching this film. - Kuso is more of an experimental art film than a comedy. Although comedy is a big part of Kuso, it really should be treated as an art film - Kuso is nasty. Its a well done film with disgusting imagery and dialogue. Anyone who’s familiar with the work of David Firth (Salad Fingers, Fat Pie.com) knows what to expect - The film is vignette style, there are several story lines with different actors, tones, visual styles and mediums. - Music is an important part of Kuso and features original music by Flying Lotus as well as other music by Buttress and Kamasi Washington amongst many others This is a film for people who enjoy absurdism and alternative comedy. It’s not for everyone but it’s still a film I recommend.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/25/19

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umm... wtf. i'm a big fan of weird & a big fan of David Lynch, which is why this film intrigued me. i'm also a fan of David Firth for some unknown reason; i watched the whole thing -- but i did not get this one. there was just too much gross imagery to get past whatever message they were trying to get across. however, i did some Google searching to see what other people were saying about it & didn't really find much. an interview from Flying Lotus himself didn't even have much to say about any hidden meanings, etc. so i'm thinking this was just made to be gross. & i'm not interested enough to dig any further.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Tremendously intriguing, absolutely f*cking hilarious and incredibly creative. Extreme avant garde with a amalgamation of awesome visuals. 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

The bizarre, mutated survivors of Los Angeles's nightmarish earthquake broadcast their stories on a makeshift network of discarded televisions.

Director: Flying Lotus
Screenwriter: Flying Lotus, David Firth, Zach Fox
Distributor: Shudder
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 26m

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