150 Word Review: 'Sasquatch Sunset' (2024)
Nature's call
In Sasquatch Sunset, the titular mythical creatures resemble the humanoid apes in Stanley Kubrick's flawless sci-fi epic about consciousness, the cosmos, and mankind's evolution, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both fictional primates cling to animal instincts and the day-to-day tedium of survival but are nonetheless inspired to explore, create, and wrestle with complex emotions by small fires of human intelligence burning inside of them.
Kubrick's movie lacks poop, vomit, and sex scenes. Sasquatch Sunset has that if you're interested. Directed by Nathan and David Zellner, this movie sits at the awkward intersection of fart jokes and lyrical existential tragedy.
Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg play two members of a family of Bigfoots—Bigfeet?—who spend their days tromping through a vast forest, munching on leaves and trying not to die. The actors are covered in make-up and fur carpeting but their eyes are alive with fear and hope, lust and sadness.