Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Cissy Évelyne
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Jason Virga
Just because this movie is a little different and doesn't pander to contemporary American sensibilities, doesn't mean it's horrible or has a bad script. Like I said it is a little different and vulgar at times. But it is entertaining and Patton Oswalt holds it together very nicely.Johnny Knocksville & Ron Riggle are at first hard to handle but I thought they were funny and a good addition to the story.It actually has a some very good messages about respecting nature and remembering to sometimes forget about modern technologies and to go have fun outside.Stop hating on this movie!!
anthonybevilacqua77
People seem to be avoiding Nature Calls like the plague, but trust me, it's harmless. Speaking from personal experience, there are at least a handful of significant belly laughs throughout, and the film only clocks in at a breezy 79 minutes in total. Was it high art? No, but it definitely has an audience in mind, and it is certainly not without it's charm. The best way I could convey this amusing little flick to others is to tell people that it is kind of like Moonrise Kingdom meets The Bad News Bears meets something else entirely. I am not a huge Patton Oswalt fan but he was completely tolerable and even somewhat likable here. That being said, he is still no Johnny Knoxville. Whether you enjoyed Jackass or not, the man is a national treasure, and yes, frequently hilarious. While Oswalt was good, Knoxville obviously brought his comedic A game to the table. He was goofy, energetic, and surprisingly human at times. There is a moment in the film when he is tied to a cross and that alone is worth at least the price of a rental. Simply put, if all of these reasons are not enough for you to take a chance on this quirky, agenda-less screwball indie than all I have to say is this...THERE IS A CHARACTER IN THIS FILM THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A NAKED WOMEN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE THROUGH THE WOODS. BOOM!
Michael_Elliott
Nature Calls (2012) BOMB (out of 4) Incredibly awful comedy has Boy Scout leader Randy (Patton Oswalt) kidnapping his brother's (Johnny Knoxville) adopted son and friends and taking them into the woods for a camping trip. Yes, that's pretty much the entire story. I've seen quite a few bad movies in my lifetime but it's pretty clear that it's hard to get a movie made today and get it released to something other than Youtube. I say that because for the life of me I can't see how this thing got financing and I really can't understand why some studio would actually buy it, try to release it and make money off of it. This here is without question one of the worst and most pathetic comedies I've seen in a very long time and it's really too bad considering the talented cast. I really couldn't understand where any of the comedy was supposed to be coming from because the screenplay doesn't have anything remotely funny or even that interesting. Yes, I get it, the Boy Scouts are falling apart and this Randy is just holding onto the past. That's fine but is this supposed to be funny? Is it funny seeing boys pee in the woods? Is it funny seeing the adopted son is from Africa? Is is supposed to be funny that the brother gets set on fire? The entire movie is just one big flop after another with bad jokes, a boring story and not a single interesting thing going on. Oswalt pretty much sleepwalks through the role and this is certainly the worst I've seen from him. Knoxville is just more annoying than anything else and Maura Tierney is just wasted. The late, great Patrice O'Neal is the only bit of energy but sadly he's not in the film enough to make it better. NATURE CALLS is a complete misfire that's certainly one of the worst films of the year.
Pamela Powell
Where to start? If only I could have started at the end of the movie, I would have saved myself 79 minutes. "Nature Calls" was about reviving a dwindling boy scout troop, lead by a complete loser who wanted nothing more than to help kids connect with nature. Sounds like a nice film for the 8-14 year old boy group, right? Wrong. In a sentence, "Nature Calls" was one of the most offensive, ridiculous, and irritating movies I've seen this year. It offended every aspect of my intellect. The barrage of constant noise, insanity and ludicrous situations was more than I could handle. Who wrote this? (Todd Rohal) Who did he write this for??? I have no idea. The language, the focus point, and the overall story had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Between the adults acting like prepubescent children and the children acting like wild beasts, I wanted to shut the movie off. But I didn't so that I could save you from wasting your time and money.Patton Oswalt played Randy, the unrealistic troop leader trying to convince a group of boys to come back to his boy scout troop to experience nature. Randy's brother Kirk (Johnny Knoxville) and his cohort Gentry (Rob Riggle) were intent on exposing these kids to electronic heaven instead of going on the camping trip planned by Randy. As Randy broke many rules to get these boys out into nature and connect with it, many ridiculous events occurred. Kirk and Gentry exploded with anger and outrage and Kirk's wife, Janine (played by Maura Tierney), tried to hunt the group down. Janine was nothing more than a servant who had no personality and put up with being treated like a second class citizen. (Personal note to Maura...WHY? Why did you stoop to this level?) Crude behavior. Crass language. Inappropriate scenes. Nudity. Sexual innuendos. Racial slurs. Animal cruelty. The list of negatives goes on and on. I truly have no idea who the intended audience is. It's not a kid's movie, that's for sure! It's not a female movie. Is it a guys' movie? I hope not. This is an awful representation of the boy scouts. This is an awful representation of Hollywood! This is an awful representation of how adult males should be a model for kids. Crude, rude and crass can be funny ("The Hangover"), but not in "Nature Calls!" However, I can't end without saying one positive thing. On the positive side, it wasn't 2 hours long.
