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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireAdam SmithEmpireAdam SmithGenuinely funny. A life lesson in never prejudging a man just because he's skinning a squirrel.
- 75IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnFor anyone frustrated with countless formulaic exercises that drain modern horror of fresh ideas, Tucker & Dale is a downright cathartic indictment that encourages comparison to the "Scary Movie" franchise. It's mostly a smart spoof that looks awfully dumb for a reason.
- An endearingly cheeky tribute to suspense and slasher classics.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveySorta doing for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"-type slashers what "Shaun of the Dead" did for zombie pics, "T&D" offers good-natured, confidently executed splatstick whose frequent hilarity suffers only from peaking too early.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceTucker & Dale piquantly tweaks every '80s ax-murderer flick you've ever seen, though it provides the same satisfaction of watching bratty undergrads perish one by one. Admittedly, the spoof loses steam in its last reel (i.e., when it runs out of frat kids to kill), but the film strikes an enjoyable tone of congenial gore.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt's a sometimes-hilarious send-up of slasher movies that buries a surprising amount of sweetness under buckets of gore.
- 63Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerFlip-flopping traditional genre dynamics in a manner more cute than uproarious, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil charts the Three's Company-style shenanigans that ensue when two West Virginia bumpkins cross paths with a group of camping college kids.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayTucker & Dale Vs. Evil is too slick and too cute; Tudyk and Labine are terrific comic actors, but the movie might've been better served by less-recognizable faces.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger Moore"Evil" fails to triumph. Utterly.
- 20Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThe "bumpkins are people too" message will certainly please the Appalachian Anti-Defamation League; midnight-movie fans, however, will recognize that this mess misses the mark by a country mile.