by Greg
Score 7/10
In the tradition of Evil Dead 2, Shaun of the Dead, Fido, and many others; horror/comedy is a genre beloved by many. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil can now be added to that list. It blends humor and horror perfectly with the right amount compassion.Director/ Writer, Eli Craig, studied the dynamics of horror films and then skewed the perspective in order to achieve the old analogy "you can't judge a book by looking at the cover."
Tucker(Alan Tudyk) and Dale(Tyler Labine) are two good-ole Southern boys, who recently purchased a dream of theirs: a vacation home. Any first sighting of these two would make anyone judge them wrong. Along the way we meet a group of college kids, heading to the same locale in hopes of sex, drugs and sleeping on the exact spot of a massacre 20 years prior.
With this case of mistaken identity, Tucker and Dale converge against the narrow-minded nieve college kids on the first night. Doing a little night fishing and beer drinking the kids decide to do some skinny dipping. Allison(Katrina Bowden) climbs to the top of a rock formation, stripping down all the while Dale and Tucker watch on, or atleast Tucker does, Dale is a gentle giant who covers his eyes. Ally being startled by T & D, falls and bangs her head. Dale rescuers her only, the kids see this as T & D hurting her and stalking them.
Now with paranoia high with the college clan, misguided leader Chad(Jesse Moss), who also has a vendetta against any hillbilly, want to retrieve Allsion/Ally from Tucker and Dale and they will use excess force. One by one each of the college kids tries to stop T & D only to fail, consequently killing themselves in an awkward accidents. T & D view it as suicide while the college kids view it as being slaughtered by T & D.
The film hits the spot, it is like a good cup of coffee on a nice cool October day. Its not perfect, but it fills the body with warmth and joy. I mean this in the way that if not taken too seriously and critical, the film is really entertaining. Some of the acting was a bit of a stretch. Mostly from Dale, he's really good at playing the sensitive Hillbilly, except at times, its over the top with his acting sensitive. Overly critical I know, but I noticed it all too often.
Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk and Katrina Bowden
Directed: Eli Craig
Budget/Gross: N/A / $213,555 (USA) November 6, 2011 (still in theatres)
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
Tomatometer 88% critics and 84% audience liked it
