When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
Tusk is an overextended, tonally incoherent joke that would make viewers squirm even if it didn't involve a bloody and demented medical experiment.
– Mark Jenkins,
NPR,
19 Sep 2014
rotten:
Tusk is not a particularly good movie, but the vivid anxiety dream at its heart makes it one of the most personal films this writer-director has ever made.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
19 Sep 2014
rotten:
"Excess" is Smith's middle name, so the show goes on . . . and on.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
2 Oct 2014
fresh:
If Kevin Smith was stoned when he thought up his excellent walrusian nightmare, then marijuana is the best creative medicine.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
3 Oct 2014
rotten:
Nice as it would be to herald Tusk as a return to Smith's bold early period, the movie has a lurching tone and an airless atmosphere.