Sasquatch Sunset review: "An eccentric concept makes for the best Bigfoot film yet"

Sasquatch Sunset
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Imagine if the monkey business at the start of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:2001: A Space Odyssey carried on for the whole film. Such is the deal in Sasquatch Sunset, an absurdist comedy by fraternal filmm♛aking duo David and Nathan Zellner (2014’s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter). Only instead of actors in ape suits we have actors in Bigfoot suits, living out a year in the North American wilderness.

As the seasons pass, we follow a female sasquatch (Riley Keough) and three males (Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek) as they forage, groom, play, tussle and interact ⛎with other (real) animals. The Zellners also show their hirsute heroes as they urinate, defecate, fornicate and masturbate.

All very zoologically accurate… but also a bit boring? Not for a second. The unrecognizable actors work wonders under excellent prosthetics, while ♕an ever-present air of mystery and menace pervades director of photography Mike Gioulakis’ (It Follows, Us) sun-soaked, scenic visuals. 

The concept might be eccentric – there’s zero dialogue, only grunts, h🎀uffs and yelps – and there are gross-out gags aplenty, including much farting and scratching/sniffing of crotches. But it’s all played with admirable sincerity. Are we in♈ prehistoric times? Or in the aftermath of an apocalypse? And will the Sasquatch family eventually encounter humans amid these vast forests and soaring mountains?

As time passes, a real sadne🍌ss creeps in as we suspect that we might be witnessing the extinction of a species, though an inspired sight gag is never far away. This is a film that needs to be seen to be believed⛄.


ℱSasquatch Sunset is released in UK cin♔emas on June 14 and is in US theaters now. 

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Editor-at-Large, Total Film

Jamie Graham is the Editor-at-Large of Total Film magazine. You'll likely find them around these parts reviewing the biggest films on the planet and speakin😼g to some of the biggest stars in the business – that's just what Jamie does. Jamie has also written for outlets like SFX and the Sunday Times Culture, and🎃 appeared on podcasts exploring the wondrous worlds of occult and horror.