Wallace, a prominent podcaster, makes a good living with his crude podcast which primarily focuses on strange stories and funny internet videos. On his latest trip to Canada, Wallace comes up empty-handed when he discovers his interview subject unexpectedily committed suicide. While sulking over his wasted trip, Wallace discovers a strange note on a bathroom wall written by Howe, a man who claims to have lived an adventurous life. Hoping Howe's stories can serve as an adequate replacement for his podcast, Wallace sets off to interview Howe but Howe's true intentions are much more macabre than Wallace could ever expected. Kevin Smith's Tusk is an absolutely absurd, strangely endearing horror/comedy about a demented man in Howe who wants to surgical transform a human-being into a Walrus. Yup, you read this correctly, but Tusk works way better than I expected thanks to Kevin Smith's ability to embrace the absurdity of this concept. Tusk is a film that gets off to a rocky start, with an abundance of cringe-worthy moments, but as the film progresses it becomes clear that Kevin Smith is fully embracing the campy aspect of this tale. The horror bits of Tusk are somewhat effective but what makes it all work is the absurd comedy and camp, with Johnny Depp completely stealing the film as a bumbling homicide detective, who feels like an homage to Inspector Clouseau. This is seriously one of Depp's best performances in years, tongue and cheeking it up in a way that feels incredibly refreshing, given his ability to sleepwalk through most of his recent roles. Featuring a few gleefully twisted moments, Tusk is a flawed but entertaining film that works cause it never takes itself too seriously.
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