Mostly this bizarre and rather earnest story of a Sasquatch family worked for me. The only real downside for me was the humour which was often just about seeing Bigfoot fuck or take a shit in the woods. Not really that funny at all. But when the film instead focused on what life for a Sasquatch might be like if they were real, it was surprisingly moving.
The film keeps a tight runtime and in doing so never overstays its welcome. Its story is concise yet effective as we follow these creatures, who are imagined as fairly intelligent primates if they had evolved in the mountains of North America, as they face the challenges of living in the wild, including the encroachment of humans into their world. We never see people (only their effects) but we see how human activity might have an impact on a species like this.
I think the film's choice to use no dialogue what so ever was both smart and quite effective. It creates a real pathos for our characters as we watch them face life's challenges. The film lost me a bit when it was trying to be silly or even just trying to be uncomfortably and grossly accurate with its depiction of how non-human animals behave. But when it was about the Sasquatch and their way of life, I actually found it very compelling, especially Keough's performance.
Sasquatch Sunset
Starring: Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg
Directors: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Writer: David Zellner
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