Sasquatch Sunset comes from brothers Nathan and David Zellner and the quirky comedy focuses on a family of three Bigfoots. Premiering at Sundance prior to an April 12th release, it stars Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan Zellner himself. Ari Aster executives produces and this sounds right up his absurdist alley.
Critics are mostly digging this and it sports a 79% RT score. Even those reviews, however, indicate mainstream audiences could be baffled. I doubt this will have a big footprint (or any) during awards season (though maybe the makeup work get some attention). It should also be noted that distributor Bleecker Street has a weak track record at campaigning. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…
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