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A "nature" film follows four Sasquatch living in their habitat. Going through the natural cycle of the seasons and mating season, they travel through the woods. As they migrate across the region, they sense a change, encounter strange things, and experience tragedy.

This movie is supposed to be a comedy, which may be appropriate if you are really into dark humor. However, the movie has no dialogue, which can cause your attention to drift. Quite a few WTF moments will make you laugh and take a moment. The movie's underlying premise is how humans affect the environment and natural habits. This movie is not for everyone, but it will impress you if you can get through it. Stream it for something different.

There are some beautiful things about this film. The photography is one of them. The music is also fitting. The rest is meh.

I guess one could dig deep and try to find as many meanings as one wants into this movie and that is certainly something that we should cherish. Spoon-feeding movies are not the solution. However, I'm pretty sure we can find a balance between an on-the-nose flick and this.

It is categorized as a comedy/drama/action/adventure, depending what website you check. Truthfully, if you have the sense of humor of a 12 year old, I can see the fun in it. However it becomes old quite quickly. When it comes to the drama...I don't know? When something bad happens is because the creatures are just stupid.... And when it comes to action or adventure? The most action-like moments happen off-screen and how can there be any sense of adventure when there is no sense of purpose. Meaning, direction, discovery, and desire?

There is no momentum, there is nothing going on but eating, having sex (or trying to), and pooping. I guess these are all worthy things to explore in a film, but making a feature film out of this is a bit ridiculous. I could this being a short film from some filmmakers trying to establish their style and showcase their skills, but a feature film? What for? We had at least a dozen eating scenes and none were substantially different than the others or had any particular implication.

I still give it a 5/10 because, as mentioned at the beginning, it is a movie that looks and sounds good. Too bad there is no story or rhythm or anything going on really.

Granted, I had never heard about this 2024 movie titled "Sasquatch Sunset" prior to sitting down to watch it. So I didn't know what I was in for here, aside from it apparently being a comedy with sasquatches.

Well, this movie wasn't really much of a comedy, and I wasn't brought to any laughs throughout the course of the 88 minutes that the movie ran for. It was, however, a very, very unique movie. I must admit that in my many years of watching movies, then I have never actually experienced anything like what directors David Zellner and Nathan Zellner delivered here. "Sasquatch Sunset" is a movie that will find easily find a liking with everyone in the audience as it is a rather odd and unique movie experience.

You actually come to care for the sasquatches as they trek through the wilderness and you sort of form an attachment to them, basking in their accomplishments and grieving with them in their loss and sadness. And that was a nice accomplishment from writer David Zellner and performers Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and Nathan Zellner.

I must admit that I actually enjoyed watching "Sasquatch Sunset", because it was not a mainstream movie. And the fact that it wasn't a comedy didn't really matter, because the movie proved to be entertaining nonetheless.

"Sasquatch Sunset" is a visually impressive movie. I really liked the sasquatch designs, because they looked realistic and believable. Well, as realistic and believable as imaginary creatures can get. The costume designs were really good and added a lot of flavor to the movie. But not only was the costume designs good, but the entire way that the movie was shot, with the nature locations and the cinematography, that was quite aesthetic as well, adding great layers to the overall impression of the movie.

And in all my years of watching movies, I never thought I would ever see sasquatches fornicate, defecate and urinate on the screen. But here it is, in all its natural glory.

The movie only has four names on the cast list, and with Jesse Eisenberg being the only familiar name. I will say, though, that the acting performances in the movie were good, despite there being no dialogue.

If you enjoy movies that deviate from the norm and from the mainstream cinema, then you definitely should take the time to sit down and watch "Sasquatch Sunset". I was genuinely entertained throughout the course of the entire movie.

My rating of "Sasquatch Sunset" lands on a six out of ten stars.

Well, I didn't actually knew what to expect, but in the end it was a quite entertaining experience.

The Zellner brothers introduced the movie to the audience at the Berlinale and said it probably is the weirdest Sasquatch movie. It is.

While some scenes are excessively obscene, we had some good laughs over the blunt portrayal of this family living in the woods. You will probably say WTF a dozen times. I understand that some people walked out of the theater. However, in my opinion, the movie manages to balance obscenity, humor and drama quite good.

Personally, I was pleasantly surprised how much story one can tell without using a single spoken word, and with only little facial expression. I believe the actors tried their best, but one could see that the costumes limited overall movement and expressions.

I would probably not pay 15 bucks again to watch the movie in a theater, but it wasn't too bad after all. A solid 7/10.

Been looking forward to this for a while!

Definitely one of the most unique and among the most wierdest films i have ever watched in my life. And the wierd thing is that i can't describe it if its good (and actually in some ways artistic), serious or more like a parody comedy.

It's extremely well acted, must have been very difficult to act like this, but at the same time some scenes is way too much and makes it look like a parody. In some ways its primitive realistic and humorous as a follow up. The masks and make up is very well made.

I think its the first film ive watched where theres no spoken dialogue which makes is more realistic.

Filming is definitely very good.

Something uou havent ever seen before. Brings the concept of the mysterious Big Foots, to a whole new perspective and meaning.

It definitely has something i like, but more difficult to explain what it is.

Its not good, but it isn't bad.

I really wish I had watched a lifetime movie instead. The actors make all the same noises and do all the same things, but at least there is a plot and a little bit of murder. The only time mirder was close wax when male Sasquatch was holding a chicken over a bear trap.

I'm very surprised by all the "this movie is brilliant" reviews. Why??? I could literally watch this movie in reverse and it would have the same effect of nothingness. Maybe that's what the director was going for. A feeling of wasted time with absolutely nothing happening.

Literally these Sasquatches are so dumb and annoying. I'm glad my 23 and me DNA test didn't reveal that I'm 33 percent Sasquatch.

Anyway, save your time or don't and watch this.

I had a real hard time trying to figure out a score for this film, much less an overall impression of it. Frankly, you just don't see film like this any more.

I can understand if some audiences don't get it, mainly because it feels like the Star Wars Holiday Special on a severe drug bender. But once you peel away the Sasquatch mating rituals, birthing scene and other idiosyncrasies that make up this experience, you start to piece together the meaning the Zellner brothers were most likely seeking. They posit the reason why we don't see sasquatches is because they just don't exist anymore.

Like the last days of a failing empire, this very well might be the last Sasquatch family in the Pacific Northwest. Some people won't like the reasoning behind it, but it's the usual blame falling on deforestation and human infringement. I'm sure some might derive more meaning, but this is the base understanding I took away from this film.

Sasquatch Sunset is definitely not for everyone, but if you are a curious film goer, you might find something interesting in this bizarre and completely one of a kind movie. Just be ready for weird nature stuff....because I sure wasn't.

If you, like me, were sitting there wondering ?wtf am I watching here?", my best guess is it must have been meant to be a comedy, but since I hardly laughed the whole movie it's an abject failure for that.

Sure the cinematography was outstanding as were the locations and make up effects, mostly, (that baby was rubbish).

But what was the point of it all? It seems like it was some kind of a long running in joke for writer director David Zellner who made a short film in 2010 called Sasquatch Birth Journal 2.

It wasn't a totally stupid idea for a film, but it really didn't deliver and missed lots of opportunities for infinitely funnier moments than it opted for. How about restaging the famous sasquatch photo moment? How bout showing a number of near misses for the sasquatch team?

What we got instead was a bunch of gross out slapstick set ups based around 10 year old humor, puking, childbirth, sneezing, toilet gags etc.

And they wrapped it up in an extra layer of wastefulness by hiring 2 beautiful hollywood stars to be unrecognisable under layers of prosthetics. It felt like an entitled rich kid's big budget joke.

And the joke wasn't up to much,

It's possible to see "Sasquatch Sunset" at an almost anthropological level, with four humanoid creatures in a series of scenes with them eating, fornicating, walking, defecating, sleeping, etc. That could be boring.

But start with the early scene of two of them chewing on grasses in an alpine meadow-- and think of it as breakfast. This is the start of their day. After that you're watching what their daily life is like, and it is familiar. Soon an interstitial title appears, "Spring," and the time scale has opened to a year. Eventually, you stop thinking about the timeline and start thinking about the fragility of existence.

There is no backstory, but the quartet is taken to be the last of their species-- and they know it. They have a signal to call for help: banging a fallen branch against a tree trunk in a series of four distinct sounds that echo through the forest. It tells us that they were once part of a clan, and a tribe, members of whom have died in the recent past. Perhaps there were five Sasquatch a year ago, or ten. Every death brings them closer to extinction, and every time their SOS isn't answered, it's a reminder that they are alone.

The movie is brilliantly structured, with credible costuming, able performances, and a score that pretty successfully mixes folk and New Age-y forms.

But my favorite parts have to do with the glimmers of intelligence and progress. We see nascent engineering skills when a log traps one of them. One member has the urge to count things, but without numbers he has trouble keeping track past two or three. At one point he holds a fossil or rock that petrified into rows of ripples, interrupted in the middle by a dark horizontal flaw. He begins counting down from the flaw, struggling to find a way to keep track, and you realize that someday he may notice there are ripples both above and below the flaw, which will require negative numbers.

But the best scene, by far, is when they happen upon a road in their forest. Do your brain a favor; see the movie.

Sasquatch Sunset starts off as a laugh riot. For the first hour, the Zellner brothers deliver a surprisingly hilarious portrayal of a Sasquatch family navigating the trials and tribulations of...well, Sasquatch life. From their hilariously primal attempts at courtship to their unrefined digestive habits, the film finds humor in the unexpected, and anyone with a decent sense of humor will find themselves snorting with laughter.

Then, the sun inexplicably sets on the comedy. The light-hearted mood takes a sharp turn in the second half, venturing into surprisingly serious territory. Themes of life, death, and the struggle for survival come crashing in, leaving the audience with a gut punch where there were once guffaws. Here's the problem: the tonal shift feels unearned. Sasquatch Sunset spends so much time establishing itself as an absurdist comedy that the sudden seriousness feels jarring, like two entirely different movies stitched together.

It's a shame. The first hour is pure comedic gold, and the Zellner brothers deserve credit for their audacious premise. But the jarring shift into somber territory leaves the viewer feeling cheated. It's like being promised a cupcake and then getting served a bowl of lukewarm broccoli instead. If you're looking for a laugh-out-loud comedy, you'll have a blast with the first half of Sasquatch Sunset. Just be prepared for the unexpected emotional downpour in the final act.

......... What the hell is this! Why does this even exist! Who thought this is a good idea for a feature length movie!?

I understand this situation supposed to be a commentary on endangered species, global warming, overconsumption, capitalism, and what not, but was this really the way to convey these messages? Did the creators really think it will have any positive impact on the environment, or make people start discussing about these things?

The movie ends up being conceptually deep but substantially shallow. A short film idea stretched to 90 minutes of obscene, disgusting, and gag inducing scenes. A few Sasquatches just grunting and making absurd noises throughout. Am I supposed to feel sorry for them? Or am I supposed to relate with them?

The only good thing is the beautiful photography and the lovely score. 1 star for that, and another additional star for being bold enough to try to make something unique.

Almost uniquely odd, "Sasquatch Sunset" won't appeal to all. Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek & Nathan Zellner (unrecognisable all under heavy & impressive prosthetics) are a family of sasquatch (aka bigfoot and/or yeti) seen roaming the Californian jungles over a year in the '80s. The screenplay (from David Zellner - who co-directed with brother Nathan) is divided into the four seasons, thru which the four forage, fish, re-produce, and curiously react to their surroundings. Having no narration it's not a mockumentary, but also with no dialogue (except grunts etc) it won't easily engage everyone, despite being interesting & relatively well made.

This is one of those films that you have to go in and really be ready for one of the most primal, dumb and dumber renditions of a very water down version of quest for fire, which was a superb movie, but unfortunately, this one ends up being some pseudo fairytale of mostly watching some Sasquatch playing with themselves and acting dumb and dumber each moment of the film progresses to the point that you just start to wonder why are they even making this film

Once you waddle beyond suspension of belief it sort of of entertaining if you're in for some bizarre sh-t and giggles yet overall the cinematography is fantastic but the believability is not plausible And unfortunately not much really happens to make it really thought-provoking, and then it gets into the 3rd act which is total absurdity towards the end when you realize what the concept is.

Kudos for even attempting to make a film like this, which must've been quite an extravaganza, getting dressed up to create these characters, yet unlike quest for fire that was a phenomenal story and film- this comes across as Quest for dumb and dumber writing that just is an insult to the Sasquatch. The only part missing is the what if factor but that wears thin quickly

Four stars for make up and grunting.

Rating: 6.1 Overall, a decent film that mimics a nature documentary as we use to lens of the camera to look into the lives of sasquatches and how they parallel humans, but this movie was not really for me because of the excessive use of bodily fluids and grotesque comedy.

Decent to Pretty Good Direction (The direction on a macroscale is pretty good as they set the scenic shots well and show the beauty in secluded nature; the direction on a microscale is decent as they get a lot out of their actors through action-based acting (because there's no dialogue); storytelling is very slice-of-life (making it feel somewhat like a documentary), but there are some moments where they try to move the story forward)), Pretty Good Acting (Pretty Good from the cast (The whole cast acted as a unit to portray Sasquatches going about their day, and showed how they do have a good amount of humanity to them)), Decent to Pretty Good Story (The concept is interesting as it's a slice of life look into sasquatches (which helps give them humanity and show parallels to humans); the plot structure is not really present as the movie tries to be mostly slice of life, while also shoving in shock and grotesque humor; flow between sequences is pretty bad as lot of the movie feels disjointed; character writing is decent as it helps show the parallels between humans and sasquatches), Decent Screenplay (the humor is pretty overt as they try super hard to shock and show grotesque subjects (with this sometimes hitting and sometimes not); the symbolism is decent as it's about looking at humanity from the lens of Sasquatch; the foreshadowing is nonexistent), Pretty Good Score (Used well in the establishing shots), Pretty Good to Good Cinematography (Used well in the scenic/nature shots as it helped make the movie seem like a documentary), Pretty Good Editing (The way they cut the movie gave it a nature doc feel), Pretty Good Sound (Helped show the actions of the characters), Decent Visual Effects (Uses Practice effects well), Pretty Good Production Design (The nature setting is nice and helps show the wilderness), Very Good Makeup (Good use of full body makeup), Makeup (Good use of full body makeup), Very Good Costumes (Good use of costumes to make the actors look like sasquatches), Costumes (Good use of costumes to make the actors look like sasquatches), Pacing is very slow as a lot of the movie drags with its elongated/repetitive scenes, Climax is decent but just feels like a continuation of the rest of the movie, Tone is very similar to nature documentaries (with some comedic flavors), This movie was really not for me with the excessive bodily fluids and grotesque scenes; saw the Texas Premiere at SXSW.

The behavior depicted is ridiculous for any 'wild' primate - as an amateur ethologist I'm well qualified to opine on whether a non verbal species would use thier hand to speak as it conscience, in a Senor Wences manner - and if a 'sqautch comes across human activities, they don't see it as any other than it is, part of the natural world - for them to be the age and size they are and to be NOT nomadic, surely they would be fully aware of all of the fungus in thier territory as well as any fruiting bushes - the gait and posture is also not well thought out as it would require a spine and hips that simply wouldn't be advantagoeus to a tree-dwelling species which some experts on cryptozoology portend they surely would be - ergo it's all wrong - basically IT'S ALL WRONG

And finally it's not a deep message, it's not a profound story - it's just a fever dream of a child's uninformed imagination.

I for one like many have always been a believer and have wondered about "Bigfoot". And these creatures have lives from simple motions to struggle and survival to live. This unique, and different fun entertaining film "Sasquatch Sunset" from the Zellner brothers showcases and capitalizes on just how a family and group of Sasquatch live for a year thru the seasons. With no humans or human dialogue present in the film the backgrounds are the woods, and mountains of perhaps the pacific northwest or northern California. Thru the scenes you see how they bond and take care of one another by building living nest with tree limbs. Also the sounds and Bigfoot calls of knocking against the trees are so revealing and touching means of communication. Also eating plant life to survive and using the forest rivers for relaxing and cleansing helps all of the beings. Dealing with bobcat, dear, and mountain lion as it's a battle of predator vs. Prey! Overall the scenes are blunt, brash, even funny with intimate obscene scenes of Sasquatch style love! Still the movie is entertaining in a unique way, as "Bigfoot" believers will get a joy watching this. Fun and neat was seeing how this tied in with the "Bigfoot Museum" in Willow Creek. Thru it all this film is a take of survival and love Sasquatch style.

I went to the theater really wanting to like this film. In my book, any movie that tries to depict sasquatch as something other than a blood-thirsty monster deserves attention. I left feeling that the film insulted not only my intelligence, but that of sasquatch (if in fact they are real). It trades one set of filmic distortions (sasquatch as vicious beast) for another (sasquatch as marginally intelligent and clumsy). From the earliest scenes, the lack of physical moment to these actors, and their human-like movements, ring false. Having presumably developed, over eons, locomotor adaptations well suited to life in the wild, sasquatch would be nothing if not agile and graceful on their own turf. As well, the vocalizations of these actors are woefully human-like; they lack the amplitude that would accompany a hominid having the inferred lung capacity of sasquatch. (Such amplitude is documented in the complex Sierra Sounds recordings of the 1970s.) What is most troubling is that the moviemakers, in an apparent attempt to demistify sasquatch, have sidestepped any of the mysterious, strange, or even mystical characteristics that are frequently reported anecdotally and have been accepted by indigenous cultures for millennia. This lack of mystery is underscored by photographing the actors in broad daylight - something that goes against the time-honored traditions of effects makeup, which require the cooperation of careful lighting to help sell the effects. It may be a misguided attempt to make their characters more sympathetic, or simply pandering to some lowest common denominator, but the moviemakers seem to have grafted several of their own infantile complexes related to elimination, copulation, childbirth, and breastfeeding onto their sasquatch characters. Many in the audience may feel not empathy but revulsion toward these scenes. In my opinion, the moviemakers have squandered valuable resources and star talent on ill-conceived material that might be more aptly titled Sasquatch Stillbirth Journal (after their earlier work).

As a huge Bigfoot fan since a kid there's nothing like this that I've seen other than quest for fire. But this is so much more emotional imo.

It works like a nature documentary showing EVERYTHING disgusting, and beautiful.

May be impressively okay or bad for some but for me this was magical and masterful. Never thought I could connect with Sasquatches grunting and not talking for a whole movie. Amazing experience that is just as emotionally powerful as it is hilarious and thoughtful to the impact of humanity on nature.

Beautiful cinematography and acting by all four, and the music??!? Wow I could write forever about this. Most unique movie of the year.

So wasn't the biggest fan for how the storyline turned out, but living my whole life in the PNW in a very small town (carbonado, wa to be exact) and see how the wildlife and us blue collar folks are being pushed out by the gentrifies and big corps, so I can relate to how the Sasquatch felt. My husband and I are losing our home this month due to gentrification of a gouse we've lived for over 10 years so yeah. This def stuck a cord no matter how corny the movie it was itself at times. I would still recommend this movie to anyone with an open mind to a movie with almost no dialogue. It really does have a hidden message to it (especially if you're like me and having to move out of your home town after 30 years due to gentrification)

The first thing you should know about 'Sasquatch Sunset': there are no human characters and no lines of dialogue in this highly-unusual film. It's about a small clan of the mythological Bigfoot creatures surviving in the Pacific Northwest.

It plays out more like an anthropological National Geographic film than a piece of mass entertainment. Whatever it aspires to, 'Sasquatch Sunset' is an unwatchable mess. Plotless, the film depicts unnamed Bigfoot beasts doing what comes naturally: they pick their noses, pleasure themselves, copulate, defecate and give birth in sometimes gratuitously graphic ways. Reading back that last sentence, I can't believe this is an actual movie being shown in theatres.

There is major talent associated with this curious project. Jesse Eisenberg, who usually plays smart characters like in 'The Social Network', has to play dumb-real dumb. He's one of the titular sasquatches, unrecognizable under layers of makeup and fur. One would never realize he was in the film without the credits or movie poster. Another sasquatch is Riley Keough, again totally unrecognizable. This will undoubtedly be the most curious entry on their career resumes, especially since these roles could easily been portrayed by stunt performers.

I saw this film at a screening near New York University and I submit that most NYU Film School projects would be more entertaining.

While I give credit to all involved for attempting to do something radically different than the usual multiplex fare, 'Sasquatch Sunset' is a weird experiment gone horribly wrong.

Four wandering sasquatch traipse through backwoods America. They encounter signs of humanity, but no actual humans.

They forage for food. They have sex. They perform a summoning ritual by banging on tree-trunks. They communicate in grunts and gestures. The seasons turn.

And that's it. I think the final scene is supposed to be a joke, but by then the viewers' patience has been sorely tried, and the joke falls flat.

The scenery is interesting, the cinematography is good, and the make-up might be awards-worthy; but this is nowhere near enough to justify a run-time of an hour and a half. A fifteen minute short would've been much more fitting.

Movies that provide us with an inside look at the lives of communities different from our own can show us just how much alike - and not alike - the constituencies of those cultures truly are from our own. It's especially intriguing when such films cross species lines, examining societies of beings different from ourselves, an undertaking tackled in the latest project from the acting-writing-directing duo of David and Nathan Zellner. Known for such offbeat releases as "The Art of Self-Defense" (2019) and "Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter" (2014), this time out the filmmaking siblings present a documentary-style look at a year in the lives of a bigfoot family of four inhabiting the forests of Northern California. The camera follows them through a variety of everyday situations not unlike what we as humans go through, only in a totally different milieu. The film features an array of comedic and dramatic circumstances to which we can all undoubtedly relate, often on a very "earthy," unrestrained level, involving activities in which we all engage but rarely talk about. Told in four acts, this release beautifully captures their experience of life in the woods, with exquisite visuals of Northwestern landscapes and diverse forest wildlife, along with curious, entirely natural expressions of individuals discovering the myriad elements of a world that they have come to believe is their own. But is it? As they come upon scenarios that are anomalous from what they have typically known, they must learn to adapt when evidence emerges that their world could be drastically changing - even vanishing - before their very eyes. In that sense, then, the film quietly delivers a strong environmental message (aptly timed for an Earth Day release) that we should heed in light of the unsettling experience of this picture's unique protagonists. While the film's sequences at times become somewhat repetitive and feature more than their share of undoubtedly base humor, this offering is nevertheless entertaining, clever and thought-provoking, enhanced by its stunning cinematography, emotive original score, and stellar makeup and prosthetics. Despite these assets, however, some have dismissively and capriciously compared this production to an extended Saturday Night Live sketch or a parody of the opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968). But those analogies unfairly sell this one short as a vehicle that will simultaneously make viewers both laugh and think. With an economical 1:28:00 runtime and a fine cast of actors portraying the quartet of uncannily prescient primates (Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek), "Sasquatch Sunset" makes an intriguing watch, provided that viewers give it a fair shake. Indeed, if we're ever to reach a new level of understanding about those who are different from us and with whom we share this world, not to mention the impact we have on one another, we should make an effort to grasp what this offering is trying to tell us - while we still have the time to do so for both of us.

Quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I really have no idea how this movie got green lit. You could literally sum up this movie into just a few sentences and save yourself an hour and a half of your life. So this movie is about a family of Sasquatches and they do things like crap in the woods, build a straw home, make monkey noises to each other, eat food, hide food from each other, and some adult activities. SS if that sounds like a great movie to you, you'll probably love this movie because that's about all it is.

I'm not sure what else to say about this except that it's quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen in my life.