Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: September 30, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 29, 2011
The impalement is a nice touch. The death by wood chipper, pretty sweet. But the best bit of comedy in the ridiculously gory Tucker and Dale vs. Evil eviscerates the field of psychology with no bloodshed at all. Read full review
88
Washington PostJohn DeForeSep 29, 2011
Tucker benefits from a sweetness not found in many of its peers, which unlike "Shaun" often lean too heavily on cynicism and gore. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 29, 2011
A farce of misunderstanding first, body-count nightmare second and at nearly all times a refreshingly upending horror-comedy bromance. Read full review
80
EmpireAdam SmithSep 25, 2011
Genuinely funny. A life lesson in never prejudging a man just because he's skinning a squirrel. Read full review
78
NPRIan BuckwalterSep 30, 2011
The film plays by genre rules - explicit gore included - even as it turns them on their severed head. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 29, 2011
Referencing everything from "Deliverance" to "The Evil Dead" to "Fargo" and nailing its central conceit dead-on (literally!), this is one of those rare genre comedies that near-perfectly balances its blend of grue, guffaws, and gag reflexes. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOct 5, 2011
Students of the Little Movie Glossary may find it funny how carefully Tucker and Dale works its way through upended cliches. I though it had done a pretty complete job already, including the two or three chainsaws and the wood chipper, but I was much gratified at the end when a sawmill turned up. Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 30, 2011
It's fun, and it's funny, and -- the best part -- it comes carrying a "yeehaw"-inducing sense of a treasure found. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSep 29, 2011
There's no greater meaning to any of this, and the slapstick turns won't seem particularly ambitious to anyone who grew up on Bugs Bunny cartoons. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 29, 2011
It's fast, it's funny, and it works. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniSep 29, 2011
Craig's film is well-served by solid writing, brilliantly executed slapstick comedy, and nicely choreographed scenes of ultraviolence - not to mention amazing chemistry between Tudyk and Labine. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnSep 28, 2011
For 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. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderBen SachsOct 6, 2011
Here's something you don't see every day: a genial, politically correct splatter comedy. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 29, 2011
It's a sometimes-hilarious send-up of slasher movies that buries a surprising amount of sweetness under buckets of gore. Read full review
70
Village VoiceBrian MillerSep 27, 2011
Tucker & 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. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweSep 25, 2011
An endearingly cheeky tribute to suspense and slasher classics. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveySep 25, 2011
Sorta 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. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineNick SchagerSep 25, 2011
Flip-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. Read full review
60
MovielineAlison WillmoreSep 29, 2011
While it's not quite enough to fuel a whole feature, the premise of Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a slice of meta-genre brilliance. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurraySep 28, 2011
Tucker & 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. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreSep 27, 2011
"Evil" fails to triumph. Utterly. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithSep 30, 2011
This is essentially a student film offering nothing but absurdly contrived coincidence. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearSep 27, 2011
The "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. Read full review
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