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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Kara W.

@RT52477136 11h

I personally loved it. Lol. It was messed up but I enjoyed it all

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D. I.

@dpbSF 14h

Initially setup to be a decent body-horror flick, but mid-way thru unsuccessfully introduces a “wacky” character and comedy that destroys the tension. Unclear what the point of all this is.

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Dexter D

@RT42809159 2d

This is the greatest movie I ever seen. Me and my cousins watch this movie every year. I love the emotion during the end scene this is a must watch.

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Abel T.

@abletable7 6d

A movie with great idea and gore and great torture sense and practical effects but fails when Johnny dep character shows up it removes the scare and add a silly story that mess up the sense before it and make the movie feel longer and the sometime doesn't feel like it should have been there at certain times. It's a hate it or love it

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Brody H

@RT59785713 May 29

Genuinely the most god awful movie i’ve ever put my eyes through. Waste of the time i will never get back dumbest plot i’ve ever witnessed.

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Aaden ..

@RT77712171 May 5

This is not even a 1 star it’s in the negatives it’s so bad don’t waste your time

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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