Written by James M. Tate / 9/19/2014 / No comments / 2014 , haley joel osment , horror , johnny depp , justin long , kevin smith , michael parks , thriller
KEVIN SMITH DIRECTS MICHAEL PARKS & JUSTIN LONG IN 'TUSK'
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year: 2014 rating: *** |
The first half is pretty damn great, aiming headlong for horror film parody… The doomed claustrophobic setting/supposedly nursing back to heath of MISERY combined with the mad scientist man-turning-into-a-creature agenda of SSSSSSS, pittig two polar opposites in the middle of nowhere, Canada…
Justin Long’s Wallace delivers the Kevin Smith dialogue with perfection. Spouting one-liners and poking fun at just about everything, and then some, he’s more a brash Jason Lee than, say, the Ben Affleck style nice guy protagonist. Meanwhile his show partner, Teddy, played by a fully grown Haley Joel Osment, is the straight man of the group – and the least adventurous. With a cheating heart piercing Wallace's (way too) gorgeous girlfriend, he makes a victim who reaps what he sows: although no one deserves what's eventually coming to him...
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But it isn't Johnny's fault, entirely. Any character intruding upon such offbeat potential would have done the same amount of damage. But one gets the feeling indie director Smith was getting his big name money’s worth with this prolonged “surprise” role (Smith and Depp's daughter's play store employees here and in the semi-sequel YOGA HOSERS) – damn shame all that cotton candy had to ruin such a wonderfully devious Fun House/Freak Show ride, which is still an intriguing, crazy labor-of-love freak show nonetheless.
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