Genre: Comedy, Musical, Thriller
Run Time: 1 Hour and 35 Minutes
Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated
Trailer
Notable Cast
Plot
Back in 1873, a group of miners decided to go from Utah into Colorado to try to get lucky in gold mining. However, they got lost on their way to their destination. This movie is a telling of a known cannibalism case in the United States, though not the first. How did Alferd Packer end up eating his companions? Why would they resort to cannibalism? And what would be the fate of Alferd Packer?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute
waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of
something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but
could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly
amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all
around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
2.5/5 - *SPOILERS*
This is actually a comedic retelling of a true story. Alferd Packer actually was a solo survivor of an incident of cannibalism. This movie was interesting, at first, but it deteriorated as it progressed [went boring around midway through the movie]. True, the cannibalism thing really did sour the mood but the crappy jokes (Asian "Indians"?) became unbearable. The song "Shpadoinkle Day" was a highlight of this movie at first but then Alferd became obsessed about finding his horse, over caring about being well prepared for the journey from Utah to Colorado.
Shpadoinkle Day
The songs get worse as the movie progresses, with the final song being "Hang the Bastard". Some might find this song funny but I just sat there going "wow.... seriously.".
Oh, by the way, according to the movie, Alferd did not get hung because he committed the crimes before the state was created into a state. "Cannot legally be tried under state law", supposedly.
According to Wikipedia, he had escaped when his testimony was questioned, hid from the law for 9 years, and got a retrial. He got 40 years for voluntary manslaughter.
Anyways, as a movie, this is funny to see as a South Park fan but didn't have much aside that. I would have rather watched a documentary about this instead of this, in hindsight. It was good to see Trey Parker and Matt Stone's creativeness pre-South Park but still was lame. The movie dragged along and the "love interest" story between Alferd and the reporter Pry was the worst ever, right behind the "always getting super lost" idea for worst story. I don't know the details on the real story and, though I love musicals (which gave this a little bit of a boost for the rating), this movie did not give good enough entertainment for a stand-alone movie. "Waste of time" was one thought when I finished though I still give kudos to Parker and Stone for making this. You can really see South Park's foundation in this movie but...
That's my movie review. Thanks for reading (sorry for the disappointment). More reviews to come eventually!
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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