Identity laundering...

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2012)

Tucker and Dale are the kinda in-bred good ol' boys one often finds here in the deep South- the kinda guys who are amazed when they find an indoor out-house... The Canadian filmmakers responsible for TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL have clearly been here: the "fixer-upper" cabin our heroes have invested in has that EVIL DEAD/Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE decor all too familiar to those of us who've lost our way and drifted South. The college kids are likewise true-to-life (take it from someone who used to "ring the beer up under gas, so my parents won't know I'm buyin' beer for the party tonight") and the age-old wisdom of using beer to cure cuts (by numbing the victim, one presumes), cleanse amputations, and double as deodorant is again handed down. Depending on your point of view, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL is a hoot or a holler.