Tusk

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Tusk

R

2014

1h 41m

Horror

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A U.S. podcaster (Justin Long) ventures into the Canadian wilderness to interview an old man (Michael Parks) who has an extraordinary past, and the American learns the man has a dark secret involving a walrus.

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Critics Consensus

Tusk is pleasantly ridiculous and charmingly self-deprecating, but that isn't enough to compensate for its thin, overstretched story.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

'Tusk' opens with the sound of two men laughing at their own jokes, so I guess a doff of the cap is due to the filmmaker for encapsulating his movie so efficiently, right from the jump.

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Eric Kohn

IndieWire

10/28/2015

B+

Justin Long and Johnny Depp join the "Clerks" director for a weird, unpredictable movie that still feels like only Smith could have made it.

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Evan Williams

The Australian

10/16/2014

2.5/5

Parts of it are funny, parts are suspenseful and parts of it - to put it mildly - are hideously awful. Horrible may be a better word than horrific.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Oct 29

2/5

For me, the Johnny Depp cameo ruined this film. I was really into it until he showed up and took the story in such a different direction that it couldn't recover..

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Oct 29

1/5

It had a lot of promise, particularly in the first act, but it quickly goes off the rails. Lots of rambling coupled with inconsistent performances made this a chore to get through.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Aug 11

2/10

...You could save a lot of time by just fast forwarding to the scene where Wallace meets Howard, and the scene with the transformation reveal. Everything else is unfunny blubber.

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Kalissa H.

@kali_416 5d

Really well done. Unique horror. I really enjoyed it.

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Matilda S

@Matilda585 Mar 5

Hey bloggers, WOW it has been a long time and whilst my life has been hectic I'm glad I finally have time to get back to doing what I love - Rotten Tomatoes! Many may say that this movie is 'unwatchable', however I disagree. This film is bold and says things that other movies are too scared to say. The walrus suit was very realistic and horrifying. I do feel like they could have tried harder to dewalrusify him and leaving him in an aquarium was insane but hey I didn't write it.

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Chandler H

@Chandler731 Feb 26

Absolute waste of time. Doesn’t really have a point to it. Except for Guy LaPointe.

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Dean N

@DeanoMachino Feb 21

This was it…this was the film that was so bad, it caused me to create an account, just so I could tell people not to waste their time. It’ll have you wondering what you ever saw in Kevin Smith, and wondering if he was always this horrible of a writer. The answer is no, but he has been for a very long time. I told myself I wouldn’t waste any more time after Clerks II and gave an audible "oh f*ck.." after starting the film and seeing he directed it. The worst part was watching actors I really enjoy, like Justin Long and Michael Parks, take part in this. I just felt sorry and embarrassed for them. RIP Michael, shoulda passed on this one.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 20

One of Justin Longs best movies!

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Carson C

@Weetziebat3 Feb 6

This is truly a masterpiece. Part of the genius is that Justin Long plays a guy who is so incredibly unlikable. He makes a living off a podcast making a Nazi pun that degrades women and mocks people with disabilities. He goes to Canada and feels inconvenienced when his intended interviewee has committed suicide. Despite that, the horrific, twisted story that follows still shows that we as an audience wouldn't wish this upon anyone.

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Synopsis

A U.S. podcaster (Justin Long) ventures into the Canadian wilderness to interview an old man (Michael Parks) who has an extraordinary past, and the American learns the man has a dark secret involving a walrus.

Director: Kevin Smith
Producer: Shannon McIntosh, Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson, David S. Greathouse
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Demarest Films, SModcast Pictures, XYZ Films
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Sexual Content|Some Disturbing Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 41m

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