My Deer Hunter Dad

I like coming of age movies, Danny McBride and comedies. What's not to like. There's a purposeful back woods element that might turn some off but I loved it.

Think it was filmed in Shenandoah mountains too!

Think it depends on people's sense of humor. We thought it was funny. A mild funny but funny dad and son coming of age hunting movie. The scenes were beautiful. Give it a chance.

I am an avid deer hunter and was intrigued by the trailer. I was incredibly disappointed with the execution of the film. The filmmakers had a potentially beautiful concept: a father and son coming of age story, set in a beautiful nature envirommnment on the background of hunting. Instead they chose to make a mockery of "redneck" hunters, and the hunting lifestyle. The film was full of crass jokes based on ignorant stereotypes. Considering hunting is largely embraced by people with conservative values, It felt like just another not so veiled liberal attack on something they don't like based on their closed minded opinions. With just a little effort and open mindedness this could have been an incredible movie.

If your a single divorced father, you can relate to this movie.

Jody Hill has locked onto an incredible comedic formula that basically consists of Danny McBride saying terrible, unfiltered things in front of children. It's great. It works. I'm still not tired of it even after two series runs on HBO.

The problem here is that this film straddles the line between PG-13 and R, leaving the tone of the movie too much for the family-friendly crowd and too little for McBride fans. It's possible more content was filmed and later cut to slide under R as the run time is only around 80 min.

Plot and pacing hit all the right beats. The setups were a bit obvious, but the payoffs were rushed through, which actually sort of compensated because at least there were no repeat beats.

Despite struggling to find a tone, this film works as a whole. Satire hits home. Casting was a blank check. Performance sold the characters, and I swear whoever Jody uses for music department is spying on my Spotify recently played.