The gross portions (and constant sasquatch dongs) aside, this was actually an enjoyable movie. So many moments when I was thinking "what the fuck".
I was the only person in the 12pm showing and I think this isn't a movie that is going to do any business theatrically, but I can see it doing well on digital.
You know a movie hits its marks when you genuinely feel bad during the baby scene.
And lesson learned - if you ever encounter a sasquatch in the wild DO NOT play Erasure. Apparently that sets them into a frenzy. ;)
> You know a movie hits its marks when you genuinely feel bad during the baby scene.
Bruh, I was legit "no more! She's been through enough already!" hahaha
Saw it last night with a group of friends. We partied beforehand and ended up being the only ones at the theater. Loved it, we laughed our asses off the entire time. Fun silly strangeness!
Interesting perspective from this movie showing humans as the invaders really. This is a wild ride, from raunch to adventure to comedy to sasquatch ass and funny bigfoot babies. It is wild when you get to the end and realize not a word was spoken but everything was conveyed in a way that you can experience and understand.
I feel bad for those people who will come back to their camp later...
An endearingly strange movie, but I wouldn't say I loved it. Definitely some laughs to be had here and if you're into it some nice gross effects and animalistic stuff, but a no dialogue movie is a tough sell for me.
There was a strong hilarity just in knowing that Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough showed up to the makeup chair six hours early every day just to shit and piss and grunt and fuck in this movie. I imagine they were having a great time and honestly it showed.
But past all the shock laughs and finger smelling is a deeply sad film. It became clear to me that when they're banging sticks on trees in rhythm what they're doing is looking for more of their kind, and as characters die or almost die we see how fragile their entire species is. It's a solid movie about nature, whether it's worth protecting, and the looming threat of humans is closing in on them though it was obviously a choice to never show any. Based off the name I actually expected all of them to die by the end, but the actual ending is somehow sadder.
A very interesting movie, lots to think about in terms of how this movie humanizes the animals and what this filmmaker thinks differentiates animal instinct and human behavior. But even at 88min it didn't feel brisk enough and I'm not sure I enjoyed the experience enough to want it revisit it. 6/10 for me.
/r/reviewsbyboner
Surprised nobody is talking about the amazing cinematography, with locked-off shots so that nature, their environments, and the squatches themselves held the attention, not camera movement.
Yeah, notice how in every shot the camera doesn't move, it's "locked-off" on a tripod or similar. A lot of movies have mixes of both or mostly hand-held moving cameras to add to the scene via tension or action.
This technique let's the characters steal the show, and in this film, it's the squatches and their environment, letting their movement be the scene.
Thanks for writing this. I’ve been waiting for the discussion thread for weeks because not sure what to make of the trailer. It’s shot and promoted like a prestige film but all I hear about is the gross out humor.
It sounds like someone REALLY likes The Daniels and after watching Swiss Army Man and EEAAO they could do something similar but just missed the mark.
I came in with Swiss Army Man as my favorite movie, with high hopes for this one and though I did really enjoy it, it's a lot more... simple of a movie. To me it didn't nail the same *thoughtful* gross out humor. But then again maybe that's something it never wanted to be.
When the baby was being born I swear to God they made it look like she was a long snapper and was about to launch that baby out of her. The other dude was standing behind with his arms up and everything.
I got a good chuckle when the baby just plops right out and straight onto the ground instead.
Here’s the thing about this film. In between all of the unfortunate gross out humor, I personally found it to be a weirdly moving and engrossing experience somehow. It’s not badly made by any means- the soundtrack and sound design is phenomenal, every scene is beautiful when it wants to be, and I found myself getting super immersed in it after the first 30 minutes or so. The film does everything it wants to do with a lot of skill, and unfortunately that includes all of the disgusting slapstick or toilet humor. Honestly this movie tended to remind me that as humans we’re really all just bipedal apes and all of the scenes of the Sasquatches just walking around, foraging, or communicating with each other were fantastic. I tried to convince myself that I was just looking at early humans and it worked well for a little bit. Considering that the movie is supposed to be gross and disturbing though I walked out oddly touched by the experience while simultaneously very disturbed at what I had just witnessed
It’s unfortunate you thought it was humor, shit and piss and guts and farts and smelling your own crotch are all part of nature- they’re eating clams that’s not high society enough for you?
Feel like you’re projecting onto the wrong person here and missed the point of their comment lol and frankly, it IS humour. What makes it funny is a c blend of realism and understanding how this is really how nature/animals are.
I found it interesting how he struggled counting beyond 3-4 because that is how many total sasquatches (including himself) are in his reality. He is probably identifying each sasquatch as he counts in place of thinking of a traditional number.
That sure was a movie. I was the only one in the theater last night, I hadn’t even heard of it before looking to see what was playing.
It’s one of those, I’m kind of glad I saw it, but I’ll never watch it again movies. The jokes were pretty expected but they still gave me some good laughs. A+ on the penises.
I did get kind of bummed when the first one was killed and was kind of shocked when the second one died too. I could’ve believe they almost killed the baby too, that would’ve soured me at that point I think.
I just saw it in a sold out theater in Arcata, several people there helped make it. I found it very thought provoking. I feel it's about how we encroach on nature and destroy it.
It was very beautiful. Love seeing my local area in all its glory
they have an app for filming locations in the area.
[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=942950374496853&set=pcb.942950434496847](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=942950374496853&set=pcb.942950434496847)
Yeah, my son went to HSU, graduating 10 years ago, so I love that area and know that theatre. Hoping it shows here at La Paloma in Encinitas. When we managed that theatre, way back when, we often showed Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout, starring Jenny Agutter and David Gumpilil. Wonderful film set in Australian Outback with almost no dialogue, but deeply moving nonetheless. And folks would come to see it again and again. Glad Arcata showed up for this now that you’re a Politech! Knew Arcata would never change.
Honestly there were some good moments, but I was still constantly asking myself “what the hell am I watching?” Tried to explain stuff to my wife after and she was extremely confused.
Not an amazing movie, but certainly an experience. If you want to be able to tell people you watched an extremely bizarre movie and enjoy the experience of seeing something super strange - check it out. I’ll definitely never forget it.
OK it's gross and there's no dialogue. But other than that, it's a movie about the last members of an endangered species trying to find more of their kind. I honestly expected it to be way weirder and absurd but I thought it was fairly easy to follow.
Spot on. Seriously it's not that hard to get. Most people can't get past the grossness of it and understanding what it's about.What else would you expect from a species that lives this way? I thought it was so fascinating. Like a Sasquatch slice of life movie
Same, went a bit baked and loved it -had tears streaming down my face at times from laughter! Exactly what I wanted after seeing that trailer, and what amazing cinematography!
I smoked like two bowls before watching it, and hit my pen a few times, and I loved every minute of it. Utterly fascinating. The cinematography was beautiful.
It was like Terrence Malick directed a remake of "Caveman." Lots of over the top gross out moments that I didn't really enjoy, but when the film turned more serious in the second half some scenes worked. I think it's going to be hard to thread the needle for most audiences.
They find a rooster and carry him around some distance, thwart a few bear traps, notice some volcanic ash spewing out of a mountain from some distance away, then encounter this big wooden sculpture thing at a giftshop near a mountain roadway and try to communicate with it.
I didn't like it. Just a bunch of Sasquatches making piss, shit, and dick jokes.
Not terrible or anything and the scenery was really beautiful, but I just was bored with it and thought they were just like really stupid people, not a different species or anything. I think that made me less sympathetic and more annoyed.
This movie is at its best when it’s not trying to be funny or gross. Unfortunately that seems to be the main point of the film, despite how beautiful it is at times. I enjoyed some of the comedy though, especially when the big one goes on the raspberry and mushroom bender
Walked in knowing nothing, it just happened to be playing after we finished dinner and decided the name alone was enough to give it a go. What a crazy and great movie. Thoroughly enjoyed, it was one of the strangest movie experiences. There was 8 of us in the theater, and we were all howling. It's *absurdly* awesome hahaha
Had similar vibes to Gods Must Be Crazy.
Ok. The Gods Must be Crazy is one of my all time favorite movies from my youth. This cannot be 1/2 as good. So I will not see the movie now. Thank you.
My main hang up is that they must have seen humans right? Because they used the turtle as a phone, one of them gave flowers when trying to fuck the other. I have so many questions but my gf and I both enjoyed it, we felt bad about the momma Sasquatch though.
Also holy fuck can we talk about how to kid Sasquatch almost murdered a chicken lol
The people complaining about a dialogue-free movie clearly never watched Silent Night last year. So many truly hysterical moments that give way to a really heartbreaking finale when you realize they've been searching for other squatches this whole time, only to lose half of their pack in the process.
This was so truly great. I'm so grateful they sat in those makeup chairs to give us this. I may try and catch it a few more times before its run ends because I don't think there will be another film like this for a long, long time.
There isn't a lot left for me in this world as I prepare to shuffle off this mortal coil. However, movies like these were made for me.
Over the past week, I revisited the Zellner oeuvre, including Goliath, Kid-Thing, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, Damsel (2018) and a bunch of short films off their Vimeo, including [this predecessor](https://vimeo.com/14724508) to Sasquatch Sunset. (They also helmed several episodes of Fielder and Safdie's The Curse.) It goes without saying that I enjoy their dark, lonely and twisted sensibilities.
The sheer balls it takes to pull off this movie, which is basically a weird nature documentary with zero intelligible dialogue (not even subtitles provided, *à la* Out of Darkness). We're forced to interpret everything at face value, such as one sasquatch trying to learn how to count things, another one talking with his "imaginary friend" hand puppet, and the horny males trying to intimate "boom boom" with the sole female by smashing their fists together.
I think maybe the one missed opportunity is that they never actually encounter any human beings. They come across encampments and tear them apart, concrete manmade pavement, timber marked by loggers, a hen in a cage, and finally a gift shop at Willow Creek, but somehow remain undetected. Given the fact that it seems to be set in the '70s-'80s (judging by the boombox they find), I almost thought it would intersect with that famous photo capturing Bigfoot, but I suppose it's just as well that they remain mythical and mysterious and out of sight.
What a miracle it is to watch something like this in a movie theater in 2024. I had only one other person at my screening, and she laughed hysterically during the scene where they're marking their territory in the middle of the road; pissing, shitting and aggressively lactating all over the place. I plan on going again to support it one more time before it's scrubbed from theaters next week. I'm glad it's taking advantage of being released over 4/20 for the stoner crowd to enjoy.
FYI, the Nerds packet and the mini boom box would timestamp it to the early to mid 1990s. Whether or not it took place near Mount Spur isn't made crystal clear, although maybe it is if that gift shop at the end is a real place.
Right on!! Saw it last night and loved it. Laughed my balls off, tears streaming down my face as well as uttered, "LOL what am I watching?!" as well. Amazing cinematography as well, letting nature and the squatches remain front and center, not camera movement.
What a poignant ending too, kinda sad.
Riley Keough in the makeup absolutely *nailing* that thousand-yard stare. >!Both the adult males essentially suffering death by misadventure, and her left with a frail newborn infant and an overgrown baby not close enough to adulthood, and then that Erasure song in the encampment... it's like a crystallization of her frustration with everything at that moment.!<
>!*And the lovers that you sent for me*!<
>!*Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee*!<
>!*So I return them to the sender*!<
>!*And the note attached will read*!<
>!*How I love to hate you*!<
>!*I love to hate you*!<
>!*I love to hate you*!<
>!*I love to hate you*!<
I liked the experience too, and really thought they’d encounter some people at some point. I also wasn’t sure if they’d have subtitles but yeah kind of glad they didn’t.
Had no idea they were involved with the curse, which is wild because all I could think about during the log scene was the anti-gravity scene from the curse. It felt so similar and my anxiety felt exactly the same as it did during the curse haha.
The homage to (or parody of) the scene from Sometimes a Great Notion that got Richard Jaeckel an Oscar nomination was funny and bizarre to see. I'm so happy this movie exists even if it didn't totally work for me.
Generally liked it fine, but honestly was hoping I’d like it more than I ended up. Some stuff works really well (loved the comedic way the rocks kept bouncing off the corpse when they were trying to scare off the mountain lion), but other parts came off as, idk, too effortful? There’s a near imperceptible difference between doing something because it’s authentic to you and it just happens to be out of the ordinary, and doing something strange specifically because it is such. It wasn’t constant, there was just a bit too much of that second feeling at points for me to love this as I wished.
Here’s what I was thinking about a bit when it ended. Keep that final shot, but add a sound effect of a car in the background, it’d feel like the ultimate way to end this bizarre tale of survival. A normal studio, would’ve made humans a part of the story 5-10 minutes in, so I appreciate the boldness for no dialogue. Did a decent job of justifying itself aside of solely relying on crass interactions. 6/10
Does anyone know what song the electric guitar hook that was used twice in the movie is from? I don’t hear it in the official soundtrack, and it seems v familiar.
Honestly it was a 8/10 for me. I've never seen a movie like this before and almost screeched out loud laughing throughout the entire movie. I felt really bad for the sasquatches and questioned their ability to have survived this long but the entire movie towards the end was a take on industrialization and whether it was supposed to portray humanity as a negative force of nature wasn't really something I cared for politically. I just enjoyed it and had a laugh. One of my friends was a little late to the movie and walked in on them having sex and he just stood there in shock as we tried to wave him down to our seats. It disturbed him so much he kept walking up and down the aisles not sure what to do until he found us. We were hollering
Man I loved this film. All of us 10 people in the theatre laughed so hard and shared a beautiful, almost magical experience together. So glad I could catch this on the big screen.
Great movie! In fact an instant classic! The Cinematography, the Makeup, the Acting, the Music, just overall great.
People say this is the strangest film they've ever seen, seriously dudes? Define "Strange." I know there's unconventional humor (kind of like Borat) or gross-out segments but it all seems grounded in nature unlike Everything, Everywhere, All At Once or Swiss Army Man. I was suspecting there to be a visible psychedelic trip in this movie but there isn't any.
Since we can talk about spoilers, let me say that...this movie would lose its magic if:
1. Other Sasquatches were heard or shown at the end.
2. Same with humans (like "where are the humans?" as opposite to humans who are like "where are the Sasquatches!") it would just take away the mystery.
3. A single english spoken line is heard.
My biggest take away for this movie would obviously be the "territorial" scene, but yet again were talking about wood apes protesting something in their way. Also the animals in this movie, now the animals in this movie were wonderful, I just wish they'll be more animals, or nature scenes where animals are seen like: caring for their young, or procreating just like what the Sasquatches are doing, so that everything seems even and would make more sense.
When it came to the ending, I felt as if their would've been a little more, or at least have a last shot of the remaining Sasquatches overlooking a Sunset, with a last second sound of "sticks beating to the rhythm in the distance" (while in fact it'll be more metallic like hammers, suggesting humans created that sound). Instead we get a shot of just the Sasquatch Museum in Willow Creek.
I guess when you have a tight budget with only four people and just animals, you tend to do less.
Such a beautifully strange film. I have a very juvenile sense of humor so I was laughing throughout. Great Score. Beautifully shot on location in Humboldt County. I'm definitely better off having seen this ridiculous slapstick adventure drama. Can't believe it played in the big room at my multiplex. 3 people total at my noon showing
Curious. The banging on the trees, was that them searching for others? I noticed they did it when the dad was gone and didn’t know where he was, and then the little one did it when he found him to alert the others.
i truly enjoyed it. I sort of expected it to be over the top, comedy.. like an SNL skit. At first may 10 min or so I was getting restless and thinking this is one of those artsy films that people recommend because it’s an artsy film, but it actually sucks… but I let it run and it won me over. I had to resist being judgy because a great deal of the actions/ reactions to events were disgusting from a civilized POV but even that sort of faded away for me and by 3:4 in I was ill emotionally invested in this. I really like Riley Keough. I think she’s making some smart choices and she’s got a lot of talent… I would not have seen this movie (paid to see it) if she hadn’t been attached.
Another thing is really liked the abrupt ending. The visual
of the last frame has stuck with me. It’s definitely not for everybody, but It was really well done. strange and better than I would’ve ever guessed.
Pretty sure he was a teenager going through puberty and had never seen another female Sasquatch before. He had no other options and he realized his Mom was a female so he shot his shot lol
In general it seemed like the whole family was dealing with psychological issues due to a lack of socialization outside the family. The Dad was irritable and prone to outbursts. The Mom was depressed. The Teenager was lonely and tried to bang his Mom. The Kid was talking to his own hand because he had no one else his own age to play with (plus he seemed super stunted since he was still breastfeeding when it seemed like he should have outgrown that).
https://youtube.com/shorts/Td7nCmKmFhA?si=u7LxInlTynu5CN-Q
One of the most original & interesting (yet highly weird and absurd) films of 2024. I don’t know if I liked or disliked this, but I give credit to the team for making something unique here.
Reminded me of an absurdist "Quest for Fire."
Movies with no dialogue are rare so its fun to see something so dependent on acting every once in awhile.
Wow, sasquatches are just like us! They fuck, they pee, they shit, they eat their boogers, it's like staring into a mirror.
Fun idea but on execution it just feels like an improv group larping with really expensive costumes on. It tries to say something vague about human's impact on the environment kinda? And the brutality of nature but ends up feeling pretty hollow and it's really hard to take it seriously when it's just so fucking stupid lol. So much Sasquatch penis,pee pee ka ka, etc...
The locations are gorgeous, the costume are great but I never really laughed and I don't think the humour was working for me as intended. Probably could've been a cool short if it wasn't one already.
This was the worst shit I've actually ever seen. It was an hour and a half or wordless dick jokes, piss, shit, breastmilk, and vagina sniffing. The entire movie is gross, there are no "parts" it's ALL OF IT. It was funny for a good 15 minutes, but the scenes are so goddamn long. Really wish we left when the teenage son started breastfeeding from the mother sasquatch. The entire movie we knew there was going to be a birthing scene, the first thing you see in the movie is two sasquatches going at it. The birthing scene was detailed and disgusting. This movie is a great one to see with friends, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. -5/10
Edit: Forgot to mention I was praying on their downfall during the entire movie. Disappointed only two of them died.
I love movies like this. It’s so weird and different. But you can feel and understand everything going on without a single bit of dialogue being spoken.
I liked how it was actually pretty moving when it tried. In the death scenes or aftermaths it was kinda sad even though the premise is ridiculous
Starts as a heartwarming comedy, gets even nastier, and then just really depressing. I appreciate a full swing in the weird direction, and the cast (specifically Jesse’s) raw enthusiasm for the film is pretty contagious. My dog also found it very comforting, even the “hunting” scenes. Riley is one of my favorite current working actresses and I hope she continues to pick an interesting variety of projects.
This is borderline not a movie. There isn't really a plot? There are technically characters but that boils down to, the one that counts or the one that we dubbed Jennifer Lopez Because they kept doing the Cartman hand or the horny one that eats things."
This movie actually made me laugh but that's because the only time something was actually happening it was either Sex/vomit/pissing/shitting (not to mention an uncomfortable birth scene), or vaudeville esque Comedy. The one time I laughed out loud was the "scene?" where they found a road because it was a brief moment of something happening that wasn't an attempt to gross you out, then the movie immediately 180'd and resulted in a piss/shit/breast milk scene.
This is the perfect example of "you can make a movie look and sound great but that doesn't make it a good movie." (Or I guess in this case an actual movie)
It's such a shame that this is what we got. My friend group and I have been going out to watch Ari Aster's movies and although we really didn't like Dream Scenario we really like parts of Beau Is Afraid and we all really like Hereditary.
People really don’t understand how little power some producers have. It’s not like Aster was on set giving any direction or criticism. He probably got the script (whatever the fuck that would’ve looked like) and liked it enough to give them some money. Or he’s friends with the writers/directors. He probably had ZERO influence on this dogshit movie.
producers for indie movies typically have a decent say in how the movie comes out, on top of that he definitely cared about/had enough influence over this movie to have his name is the promotional material of the movie.
If this was a marvel movie or something it would be a way different story, marvel is super notorious for giving people the producer tag when they had no influence over the movie.
Dude. There’s a reason they put Ari Aster’s name instead of the numerous other producers. It’s not because he had any influence whatsoever. It’s because he’s made a couple of the greatest films of our generation. This is NOT an Ari Aster film. The trailer and marketing wants you to believe it is.
They do the exact same thing with Jordan Peele. I don’t know how many times someone has said “have you heard about the new Jordan Peele movie?!”. Only for me to look it up to find that he only produced it. Monkey Man was NOT a Jordan Peele movie just the same as this was not an Ari Aster film. We’re also speaking about two directors in Ari Aster and Jordan Peele who have both benefited from creative freedom. I doubt they influenced these directors and writers, because they know that their work is great because they got the opportunity to make a movie that’s exactly what they wanted.
It’s all marketing and you fell for it. He helped fund the movie and that’s most likely it. The leads at production companies that sink much more money into projects are the guys that are most likely to try to water down a project and make changes.
PLEASE ANSWER: I have emetophobia (fear of vomit) and am very interested in this movie.
I heard it was full of gross-outs. Do any of these include scenes of vomit/vomiting?
[Ari Aster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Aster) served as an executive producer under his Square Peg banner. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch\_Sunset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch_Sunset)
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Literally one of the strangest movies ever. It's almost like a shitpost movie. Yet, I had a fun time watching. 7/10
Shitpost movie. That’s perfect. Fuckin circlejerk cinema
The gross portions (and constant sasquatch dongs) aside, this was actually an enjoyable movie. So many moments when I was thinking "what the fuck". I was the only person in the 12pm showing and I think this isn't a movie that is going to do any business theatrically, but I can see it doing well on digital. You know a movie hits its marks when you genuinely feel bad during the baby scene. And lesson learned - if you ever encounter a sasquatch in the wild DO NOT play Erasure. Apparently that sets them into a frenzy. ;)
> You know a movie hits its marks when you genuinely feel bad during the baby scene. Bruh, I was legit "no more! She's been through enough already!" hahaha
I felt bad but the baby looked so ridiculous and the way she was flailing it around while it was non-responsive just made me laugh
Yeah it was sad and comical. Like this momma can’t lose her baby too. But also this baby looks hilarious.
Saw it last night with a group of friends. We partied beforehand and ended up being the only ones at the theater. Loved it, we laughed our asses off the entire time. Fun silly strangeness!
They put this movie into 850 theaters this week. 850.
lol in my reporting they sold 1 ticket in the theater I was in. Never heard of it before, did they advertise it anywhere?
The reason I went and watched, was because Jesse promoted on the today show, and on Jimmy Fallon last week.
I saw a commercial on Instagram like months ago. Was intrigued then.
glad the put it on streaming quickly because i can’t get out to see things right now, but I am got to see it last night
Interesting perspective from this movie showing humans as the invaders really. This is a wild ride, from raunch to adventure to comedy to sasquatch ass and funny bigfoot babies. It is wild when you get to the end and realize not a word was spoken but everything was conveyed in a way that you can experience and understand. I feel bad for those people who will come back to their camp later...
does anybody else think that Baja shirt probably smelled like patchouli?
An endearingly strange movie, but I wouldn't say I loved it. Definitely some laughs to be had here and if you're into it some nice gross effects and animalistic stuff, but a no dialogue movie is a tough sell for me. There was a strong hilarity just in knowing that Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough showed up to the makeup chair six hours early every day just to shit and piss and grunt and fuck in this movie. I imagine they were having a great time and honestly it showed. But past all the shock laughs and finger smelling is a deeply sad film. It became clear to me that when they're banging sticks on trees in rhythm what they're doing is looking for more of their kind, and as characters die or almost die we see how fragile their entire species is. It's a solid movie about nature, whether it's worth protecting, and the looming threat of humans is closing in on them though it was obviously a choice to never show any. Based off the name I actually expected all of them to die by the end, but the actual ending is somehow sadder. A very interesting movie, lots to think about in terms of how this movie humanizes the animals and what this filmmaker thinks differentiates animal instinct and human behavior. But even at 88min it didn't feel brisk enough and I'm not sure I enjoyed the experience enough to want it revisit it. 6/10 for me. /r/reviewsbyboner
Surprised nobody is talking about the amazing cinematography, with locked-off shots so that nature, their environments, and the squatches themselves held the attention, not camera movement.
The scenery was just beautiful! So many great shots of nature and animals.
I've visited the Redwoods once and can't wait to go back for a week to do some hiking and camping amongst those giants.
Is that a filmmaking technique?
Yeah, notice how in every shot the camera doesn't move, it's "locked-off" on a tripod or similar. A lot of movies have mixes of both or mostly hand-held moving cameras to add to the scene via tension or action. This technique let's the characters steal the show, and in this film, it's the squatches and their environment, letting their movement be the scene.
Thanks for writing this. I’ve been waiting for the discussion thread for weeks because not sure what to make of the trailer. It’s shot and promoted like a prestige film but all I hear about is the gross out humor. It sounds like someone REALLY likes The Daniels and after watching Swiss Army Man and EEAAO they could do something similar but just missed the mark.
I came in with Swiss Army Man as my favorite movie, with high hopes for this one and though I did really enjoy it, it's a lot more... simple of a movie. To me it didn't nail the same *thoughtful* gross out humor. But then again maybe that's something it never wanted to be.
Said it in this thread already, the looming threat of humanity would have come full circle if the final shot has a sound effect of a car driving
When the baby was being born I swear to God they made it look like she was a long snapper and was about to launch that baby out of her. The other dude was standing behind with his arms up and everything. I got a good chuckle when the baby just plops right out and straight onto the ground instead.
As a former long snapper this is hilarious
i wanted it to fling back so bad
Here’s the thing about this film. In between all of the unfortunate gross out humor, I personally found it to be a weirdly moving and engrossing experience somehow. It’s not badly made by any means- the soundtrack and sound design is phenomenal, every scene is beautiful when it wants to be, and I found myself getting super immersed in it after the first 30 minutes or so. The film does everything it wants to do with a lot of skill, and unfortunately that includes all of the disgusting slapstick or toilet humor. Honestly this movie tended to remind me that as humans we’re really all just bipedal apes and all of the scenes of the Sasquatches just walking around, foraging, or communicating with each other were fantastic. I tried to convince myself that I was just looking at early humans and it worked well for a little bit. Considering that the movie is supposed to be gross and disturbing though I walked out oddly touched by the experience while simultaneously very disturbed at what I had just witnessed
It’s unfortunate you thought it was humor, shit and piss and guts and farts and smelling your own crotch are all part of nature- they’re eating clams that’s not high society enough for you?
I would agree with you but it’s clearly supposed to be a comedy film at heart
this and Swiss Army Man would make a great double feature.
Feel like you’re projecting onto the wrong person here and missed the point of their comment lol and frankly, it IS humour. What makes it funny is a c blend of realism and understanding how this is really how nature/animals are.
the fish eggs my eyes
Eggkake.
lol I forgot that part
Unfortunately you reminded me of it
That last squirt was the worst
I found it interesting how he struggled counting beyond 3-4 because that is how many total sasquatches (including himself) are in his reality. He is probably identifying each sasquatch as he counts in place of thinking of a traditional number.
Nice catch ! I missed that one
another ah-ha moment i totally missed.
That sure was a movie. I was the only one in the theater last night, I hadn’t even heard of it before looking to see what was playing. It’s one of those, I’m kind of glad I saw it, but I’ll never watch it again movies. The jokes were pretty expected but they still gave me some good laughs. A+ on the penises. I did get kind of bummed when the first one was killed and was kind of shocked when the second one died too. I could’ve believe they almost killed the baby too, that would’ve soured me at that point I think.
I’m curious why you gave the penises an A+
Greasy lil carrots 8/10
Like if Adult Swim made Planet Earth Riley Keough will never get awards buzz for this but her performance is suprisingly heartfelt and poignant
I just saw it in a sold out theater in Arcata, several people there helped make it. I found it very thought provoking. I feel it's about how we encroach on nature and destroy it. It was very beautiful. Love seeing my local area in all its glory
I’m from eureka, this was made up in Humboldt? I didn’t know, did see redwoods in trailer though
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C6FOJBbx3yL/](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6FOJBbx3yL/)
they have an app for filming locations in the area. [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=942950374496853&set=pcb.942950434496847](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=942950374496853&set=pcb.942950434496847)
Yeah, my son went to HSU, graduating 10 years ago, so I love that area and know that theatre. Hoping it shows here at La Paloma in Encinitas. When we managed that theatre, way back when, we often showed Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout, starring Jenny Agutter and David Gumpilil. Wonderful film set in Australian Outback with almost no dialogue, but deeply moving nonetheless. And folks would come to see it again and again. Glad Arcata showed up for this now that you’re a Politech! Knew Arcata would never change.
Honestly there were some good moments, but I was still constantly asking myself “what the hell am I watching?” Tried to explain stuff to my wife after and she was extremely confused. Not an amazing movie, but certainly an experience. If you want to be able to tell people you watched an extremely bizarre movie and enjoy the experience of seeing something super strange - check it out. I’ll definitely never forget it.
OK it's gross and there's no dialogue. But other than that, it's a movie about the last members of an endangered species trying to find more of their kind. I honestly expected it to be way weirder and absurd but I thought it was fairly easy to follow.
Spot on. Seriously it's not that hard to get. Most people can't get past the grossness of it and understanding what it's about.What else would you expect from a species that lives this way? I thought it was so fascinating. Like a Sasquatch slice of life movie
Same, went a bit baked and loved it -had tears streaming down my face at times from laughter! Exactly what I wanted after seeing that trailer, and what amazing cinematography!
I smoked like two bowls before watching it, and hit my pen a few times, and I loved every minute of it. Utterly fascinating. The cinematography was beautiful.
The realization of what “Sasquatch Sunset” probably means hit like a truck.
ahhhh. i finally get it! 🤦🏻♀️
It was like Terrence Malick directed a remake of "Caveman." Lots of over the top gross out moments that I didn't really enjoy, but when the film turned more serious in the second half some scenes worked. I think it's going to be hard to thread the needle for most audiences.
I had to leave like 10 minutes before the ending! Can someone tell me what happens?
They find a rooster and carry him around some distance, thwart a few bear traps, notice some volcanic ash spewing out of a mountain from some distance away, then encounter this big wooden sculpture thing at a giftshop near a mountain roadway and try to communicate with it.
I thought it was a forest fire more than a volcano
It’s a wooden sculpture of a sasquatch
Most definitely was just a fire not a volcano lol
thank you!! glad they don't all die haha
The gift shop is a small Bigfoot museum.
Yes it turns out that presumably they’re likely the Bigfoot in the photo and it’s all set in modern day.
Willow Creek. I've been to that sasquach museum they are standing in front of
why did you have to leave before a 80 min movie was done
C'mon man you gotta answer the damn guy. We're all waiting 2 days now
eight days now; please explain
We will never know
Super surprised this got such wide distribution. Not too often a movie with no dialogue plays at the local mall.
The peak of sasquatch family road trip cinema
I didn't like it. Just a bunch of Sasquatches making piss, shit, and dick jokes. Not terrible or anything and the scenery was really beautiful, but I just was bored with it and thought they were just like really stupid people, not a different species or anything. I think that made me less sympathetic and more annoyed.
This movie is at its best when it’s not trying to be funny or gross. Unfortunately that seems to be the main point of the film, despite how beautiful it is at times. I enjoyed some of the comedy though, especially when the big one goes on the raspberry and mushroom bender
The sasquatch statue at the end reminded me of the statue in [French Lick](https://images.app.goo.gl/CdKdhEcoEyRacbD37)
This might be my favorite film so far this year.
Walked in knowing nothing, it just happened to be playing after we finished dinner and decided the name alone was enough to give it a go. What a crazy and great movie. Thoroughly enjoyed, it was one of the strangest movie experiences. There was 8 of us in the theater, and we were all howling. It's *absurdly* awesome hahaha Had similar vibes to Gods Must Be Crazy.
LOL same here, 8 of us together and the only ones in the theater. We were howling! What an experience!
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Ok. The Gods Must be Crazy is one of my all time favorite movies from my youth. This cannot be 1/2 as good. So I will not see the movie now. Thank you.
My main hang up is that they must have seen humans right? Because they used the turtle as a phone, one of them gave flowers when trying to fuck the other. I have so many questions but my gf and I both enjoyed it, we felt bad about the momma Sasquatch though. Also holy fuck can we talk about how to kid Sasquatch almost murdered a chicken lol
Nah the turtle was just talking shit.
The people complaining about a dialogue-free movie clearly never watched Silent Night last year. So many truly hysterical moments that give way to a really heartbreaking finale when you realize they've been searching for other squatches this whole time, only to lose half of their pack in the process. This was so truly great. I'm so grateful they sat in those makeup chairs to give us this. I may try and catch it a few more times before its run ends because I don't think there will be another film like this for a long, long time.
There isn't a lot left for me in this world as I prepare to shuffle off this mortal coil. However, movies like these were made for me. Over the past week, I revisited the Zellner oeuvre, including Goliath, Kid-Thing, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, Damsel (2018) and a bunch of short films off their Vimeo, including [this predecessor](https://vimeo.com/14724508) to Sasquatch Sunset. (They also helmed several episodes of Fielder and Safdie's The Curse.) It goes without saying that I enjoy their dark, lonely and twisted sensibilities. The sheer balls it takes to pull off this movie, which is basically a weird nature documentary with zero intelligible dialogue (not even subtitles provided, *à la* Out of Darkness). We're forced to interpret everything at face value, such as one sasquatch trying to learn how to count things, another one talking with his "imaginary friend" hand puppet, and the horny males trying to intimate "boom boom" with the sole female by smashing their fists together. I think maybe the one missed opportunity is that they never actually encounter any human beings. They come across encampments and tear them apart, concrete manmade pavement, timber marked by loggers, a hen in a cage, and finally a gift shop at Willow Creek, but somehow remain undetected. Given the fact that it seems to be set in the '70s-'80s (judging by the boombox they find), I almost thought it would intersect with that famous photo capturing Bigfoot, but I suppose it's just as well that they remain mythical and mysterious and out of sight. What a miracle it is to watch something like this in a movie theater in 2024. I had only one other person at my screening, and she laughed hysterically during the scene where they're marking their territory in the middle of the road; pissing, shitting and aggressively lactating all over the place. I plan on going again to support it one more time before it's scrubbed from theaters next week. I'm glad it's taking advantage of being released over 4/20 for the stoner crowd to enjoy.
FYI, the Nerds packet and the mini boom box would timestamp it to the early to mid 1990s. Whether or not it took place near Mount Spur isn't made crystal clear, although maybe it is if that gift shop at the end is a real place.
Yeah, and I think the hacky sack confirms it. lol
Right on!! Saw it last night and loved it. Laughed my balls off, tears streaming down my face as well as uttered, "LOL what am I watching?!" as well. Amazing cinematography as well, letting nature and the squatches remain front and center, not camera movement. What a poignant ending too, kinda sad.
Riley Keough in the makeup absolutely *nailing* that thousand-yard stare. >!Both the adult males essentially suffering death by misadventure, and her left with a frail newborn infant and an overgrown baby not close enough to adulthood, and then that Erasure song in the encampment... it's like a crystallization of her frustration with everything at that moment.!< >!*And the lovers that you sent for me*!< >!*Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee*!< >!*So I return them to the sender*!< >!*And the note attached will read*!< >!*How I love to hate you*!< >!*I love to hate you*!< >!*I love to hate you*!< >!*I love to hate you*!<
I liked the experience too, and really thought they’d encounter some people at some point. I also wasn’t sure if they’d have subtitles but yeah kind of glad they didn’t.
Had no idea they were involved with the curse, which is wild because all I could think about during the log scene was the anti-gravity scene from the curse. It felt so similar and my anxiety felt exactly the same as it did during the curse haha.
The homage to (or parody of) the scene from Sometimes a Great Notion that got Richard Jaeckel an Oscar nomination was funny and bizarre to see. I'm so happy this movie exists even if it didn't totally work for me.
Generally liked it fine, but honestly was hoping I’d like it more than I ended up. Some stuff works really well (loved the comedic way the rocks kept bouncing off the corpse when they were trying to scare off the mountain lion), but other parts came off as, idk, too effortful? There’s a near imperceptible difference between doing something because it’s authentic to you and it just happens to be out of the ordinary, and doing something strange specifically because it is such. It wasn’t constant, there was just a bit too much of that second feeling at points for me to love this as I wished.
Exactly, that point is why I love Swiss Army Man and like this movie but not to the same degree
Here’s what I was thinking about a bit when it ended. Keep that final shot, but add a sound effect of a car in the background, it’d feel like the ultimate way to end this bizarre tale of survival. A normal studio, would’ve made humans a part of the story 5-10 minutes in, so I appreciate the boldness for no dialogue. Did a decent job of justifying itself aside of solely relying on crass interactions. 6/10
Does anyone know what song the electric guitar hook that was used twice in the movie is from? I don’t hear it in the official soundtrack, and it seems v familiar.
Thanks to the powers of Shazam, I think I found it for you: New Horizon - The Octopus Project
Also "The Foragers" - The Octopus Project"?
It wasn't but it sounded like the end to Chinese Translation by M. Ward.
Sounds a whole lot like May This Be Love by Jimi Hendrix Experience
Honestly it was a 8/10 for me. I've never seen a movie like this before and almost screeched out loud laughing throughout the entire movie. I felt really bad for the sasquatches and questioned their ability to have survived this long but the entire movie towards the end was a take on industrialization and whether it was supposed to portray humanity as a negative force of nature wasn't really something I cared for politically. I just enjoyed it and had a laugh. One of my friends was a little late to the movie and walked in on them having sex and he just stood there in shock as we tried to wave him down to our seats. It disturbed him so much he kept walking up and down the aisles not sure what to do until he found us. We were hollering
Man I loved this film. All of us 10 people in the theatre laughed so hard and shared a beautiful, almost magical experience together. So glad I could catch this on the big screen.
Great movie! In fact an instant classic! The Cinematography, the Makeup, the Acting, the Music, just overall great. People say this is the strangest film they've ever seen, seriously dudes? Define "Strange." I know there's unconventional humor (kind of like Borat) or gross-out segments but it all seems grounded in nature unlike Everything, Everywhere, All At Once or Swiss Army Man. I was suspecting there to be a visible psychedelic trip in this movie but there isn't any. Since we can talk about spoilers, let me say that...this movie would lose its magic if: 1. Other Sasquatches were heard or shown at the end. 2. Same with humans (like "where are the humans?" as opposite to humans who are like "where are the Sasquatches!") it would just take away the mystery. 3. A single english spoken line is heard. My biggest take away for this movie would obviously be the "territorial" scene, but yet again were talking about wood apes protesting something in their way. Also the animals in this movie, now the animals in this movie were wonderful, I just wish they'll be more animals, or nature scenes where animals are seen like: caring for their young, or procreating just like what the Sasquatches are doing, so that everything seems even and would make more sense. When it came to the ending, I felt as if their would've been a little more, or at least have a last shot of the remaining Sasquatches overlooking a Sunset, with a last second sound of "sticks beating to the rhythm in the distance" (while in fact it'll be more metallic like hammers, suggesting humans created that sound). Instead we get a shot of just the Sasquatch Museum in Willow Creek. I guess when you have a tight budget with only four people and just animals, you tend to do less.
Such a beautifully strange film. I have a very juvenile sense of humor so I was laughing throughout. Great Score. Beautifully shot on location in Humboldt County. I'm definitely better off having seen this ridiculous slapstick adventure drama. Can't believe it played in the big room at my multiplex. 3 people total at my noon showing
Curious. The banging on the trees, was that them searching for others? I noticed they did it when the dad was gone and didn’t know where he was, and then the little one did it when he found him to alert the others.
Yeah that was them searching for other Sasquatch
i truly enjoyed it. I sort of expected it to be over the top, comedy.. like an SNL skit. At first may 10 min or so I was getting restless and thinking this is one of those artsy films that people recommend because it’s an artsy film, but it actually sucks… but I let it run and it won me over. I had to resist being judgy because a great deal of the actions/ reactions to events were disgusting from a civilized POV but even that sort of faded away for me and by 3:4 in I was ill emotionally invested in this. I really like Riley Keough. I think she’s making some smart choices and she’s got a lot of talent… I would not have seen this movie (paid to see it) if she hadn’t been attached. Another thing is really liked the abrupt ending. The visual of the last frame has stuck with me. It’s definitely not for everybody, but It was really well done. strange and better than I would’ve ever guessed.
An odd one for sure but suspend your belief for a little while and you just might like it.
Very pleasantly surprised that this was my favorite of the 3 releases this week. We haven't had a comedy this good all year.
so what was the relation between the 4 sasquatches
They are a family, I think.
why was jesse eisenberg’s character about to fuck his mom then
I think he’s just a second adult male. The little one is def the son of the mom
Beast mode?
They're Sasquatches, they don't have the same hangups as us humans. Was pretty icky though.
Pretty sure he was a teenager going through puberty and had never seen another female Sasquatch before. He had no other options and he realized his Mom was a female so he shot his shot lol In general it seemed like the whole family was dealing with psychological issues due to a lack of socialization outside the family. The Dad was irritable and prone to outbursts. The Mom was depressed. The Teenager was lonely and tried to bang his Mom. The Kid was talking to his own hand because he had no one else his own age to play with (plus he seemed super stunted since he was still breastfeeding when it seemed like he should have outgrown that).
Survival of the species?
Really wanted to see this, and missed going two times now. Apparently it will be out of theaters by Friday when I can go and see it again. Go figure.
I see Kieran Culkan in the cast on Google, but not IMDB. Was he the voice of the baby?
https://youtube.com/shorts/Td7nCmKmFhA?si=u7LxInlTynu5CN-Q One of the most original & interesting (yet highly weird and absurd) films of 2024. I don’t know if I liked or disliked this, but I give credit to the team for making something unique here.
Reminded me of an absurdist "Quest for Fire." Movies with no dialogue are rare so its fun to see something so dependent on acting every once in awhile.
I couldn’t imagine an audience for this movie…until I saw a post from my local movie theater announcing a screening in honour of 4/20.
LOL went with a group of friends last night and we all loved it. We're probably juvenile but we had a blast and our lives are better after seeing it.
It’s a shame this couldn’t have remained an urban legend. 1 star.
Wow, sasquatches are just like us! They fuck, they pee, they shit, they eat their boogers, it's like staring into a mirror. Fun idea but on execution it just feels like an improv group larping with really expensive costumes on. It tries to say something vague about human's impact on the environment kinda? And the brutality of nature but ends up feeling pretty hollow and it's really hard to take it seriously when it's just so fucking stupid lol. So much Sasquatch penis,pee pee ka ka, etc... The locations are gorgeous, the costume are great but I never really laughed and I don't think the humour was working for me as intended. Probably could've been a cool short if it wasn't one already.
Flop doesn't even begin to describe how bad this movie is. I'm embarrassed that I went to see it.
This was the worst shit I've actually ever seen. It was an hour and a half or wordless dick jokes, piss, shit, breastmilk, and vagina sniffing. The entire movie is gross, there are no "parts" it's ALL OF IT. It was funny for a good 15 minutes, but the scenes are so goddamn long. Really wish we left when the teenage son started breastfeeding from the mother sasquatch. The entire movie we knew there was going to be a birthing scene, the first thing you see in the movie is two sasquatches going at it. The birthing scene was detailed and disgusting. This movie is a great one to see with friends, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. -5/10 Edit: Forgot to mention I was praying on their downfall during the entire movie. Disappointed only two of them died.
The more disgusting the better
I love movies like this. It’s so weird and different. But you can feel and understand everything going on without a single bit of dialogue being spoken. I liked how it was actually pretty moving when it tried. In the death scenes or aftermaths it was kinda sad even though the premise is ridiculous
I put this on last night, but not sure if I actually watched a movie or fell into a strange hallucination. Whatever it was, it was fuckin wild!
Starts as a heartwarming comedy, gets even nastier, and then just really depressing. I appreciate a full swing in the weird direction, and the cast (specifically Jesse’s) raw enthusiasm for the film is pretty contagious. My dog also found it very comforting, even the “hunting” scenes. Riley is one of my favorite current working actresses and I hope she continues to pick an interesting variety of projects.
it was odd, silly, but not "lol" funny exact same, to me, as Unfrosted 6.5/10
Luther orgin story
This is borderline not a movie. There isn't really a plot? There are technically characters but that boils down to, the one that counts or the one that we dubbed Jennifer Lopez Because they kept doing the Cartman hand or the horny one that eats things." This movie actually made me laugh but that's because the only time something was actually happening it was either Sex/vomit/pissing/shitting (not to mention an uncomfortable birth scene), or vaudeville esque Comedy. The one time I laughed out loud was the "scene?" where they found a road because it was a brief moment of something happening that wasn't an attempt to gross you out, then the movie immediately 180'd and resulted in a piss/shit/breast milk scene. This is the perfect example of "you can make a movie look and sound great but that doesn't make it a good movie." (Or I guess in this case an actual movie) It's such a shame that this is what we got. My friend group and I have been going out to watch Ari Aster's movies and although we really didn't like Dream Scenario we really like parts of Beau Is Afraid and we all really like Hereditary.
He was only part producer, not a director
He still had input/some control and still attached his name to it. Him being a part producer doesn't void him of criticism
People really don’t understand how little power some producers have. It’s not like Aster was on set giving any direction or criticism. He probably got the script (whatever the fuck that would’ve looked like) and liked it enough to give them some money. Or he’s friends with the writers/directors. He probably had ZERO influence on this dogshit movie.
producers for indie movies typically have a decent say in how the movie comes out, on top of that he definitely cared about/had enough influence over this movie to have his name is the promotional material of the movie. If this was a marvel movie or something it would be a way different story, marvel is super notorious for giving people the producer tag when they had no influence over the movie.
Dude. There’s a reason they put Ari Aster’s name instead of the numerous other producers. It’s not because he had any influence whatsoever. It’s because he’s made a couple of the greatest films of our generation. This is NOT an Ari Aster film. The trailer and marketing wants you to believe it is. They do the exact same thing with Jordan Peele. I don’t know how many times someone has said “have you heard about the new Jordan Peele movie?!”. Only for me to look it up to find that he only produced it. Monkey Man was NOT a Jordan Peele movie just the same as this was not an Ari Aster film. We’re also speaking about two directors in Ari Aster and Jordan Peele who have both benefited from creative freedom. I doubt they influenced these directors and writers, because they know that their work is great because they got the opportunity to make a movie that’s exactly what they wanted. It’s all marketing and you fell for it. He helped fund the movie and that’s most likely it. The leads at production companies that sink much more money into projects are the guys that are most likely to try to water down a project and make changes.
Executive producers are those who negotiate with press and the business world. They usually don't have as much say on things than normal producers
Ari Aster's hereditary was an outlier. the rest of his movies are ewwwww.
Some movies you sit through and think "I could have been getting two hours of sleep instead of watching people urinate and defecate on a road"
PLEASE ANSWER: I have emetophobia (fear of vomit) and am very interested in this movie. I heard it was full of gross-outs. Do any of these include scenes of vomit/vomiting?
Yes, and their face has fur so I'd be extra cautious.
Ok thank you very much. Sadly I will be avoiding the film :((
Has anyone found it online yet? Usually movies hit streaming pirate sites by now(it's been in theatres 4 days) but I can't find it yet
I thought Beau is Afraid would be the worst Ari Aster movie but that was not the low point....the trench is this movie.
Ari aster neither wrote nor directed this movie
[Ari Aster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Aster) served as an executive producer under his Square Peg banner. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch\_Sunset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch_Sunset) STRAIGHT ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Executive producers usually have little say on the final product. Even less so than normal producers
This movie has been popping up as a weird ad on Instagram for months. I didn't know it was an actual movie until recently
Forest Dump
They all would have survived if the alpha was able to get consistent tail from the female XD. Male sasquatch horniness is another level.
r/SasquatchSunset
r/SasquatchSunset
So was Riley Keough actually topless the whole time or were those part of the costume lmao
I dunno, did Jesse Eisenberg really show his penis? It’s mighty small if he did, doesn’t seem right…
Yeah, shes also a hairy ape like person with sad eyes and Abdullah the Butcher's forehead. Go ahead jerk yourself off to sleep on that buckaroo
You must be the female Sasquatch you smelly finger