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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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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Patrick P

@Perry1985 Mar 22

Every and I mean every review of this movie is correct. It's horribly good and terrifically awful. All I can say is I have never seen a movie like this.

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Cole M.

@colemcq Mar 19

wtf did I just watch

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Finn B

@RT22170970 Mar 16

This movie was shit from a butt.

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Sal M

@RT1540930533 Mar 15

Horrible and uncomfortable. I couldn't stop watching! I genuinely enjoyed the normalcy of the first 20mins of the movie and how it transitioned into something more sinister. If you enjoy movies such as The Human Centipede and Teeth.. you'll love Tusk!

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Kalissa H.

@kali_416 Mar 7

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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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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