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~Josh Gagnon~
"Squeal like a pig boy!" - Mountain Man
Plot: Couple city guys decide to go on a canoe trip down a river in the middle of nowhere. They know very little of what they are doing, but decide to go anyways. The people around are poor and aren't too helpful. I'm talking about a place where it's the law to have a burning barrel and a grimy ass dog. They do finally get some help and pay some men to drive their cars downriver so they are able to leave when they make it down. To put it simply this is one of the weirdest trips they will ever go on.
 : I found the movie moved along somewhat slowly, if it was a little shorter, it would of made the movie a lot easier to sit through. This movie has one of the most disturbing scenes I've had the displeasure of ever watching. It’s too sick to want to remember in full details, but I will say it has to do with a "mountain man" (hick), a fat guy, and pig squealing sounds. I was shocked by it now; I can’t begin to think about how people reacted back in the 70's when this movie was made. Some of the acting was B rated, and for this being considered “a classic, I'm not so sure I'd want to meet the people that thought that.
 : The autistic, banjo playing boy and the city guy playing Dueling Banjos is pretty neat scene, now whenever I hear that song, I'll picture this balding, cross eyed kid, with alternating missing teeth, yeeeaaaahhhh...Burt Reynolds does a really good job in this movie; he's got this tough guy/totally free attitude towards life, unlike the other city rats in his group. Reminds me of calmer Tyler Durden from Fight Club. He was pretty much the only interesting character out of the four city guys, that I liked watching. One was totally boring, and the other two just bring back horrid memories of "the scene." Moving on.
End: This movie really wasn't that good, nor was it horrible. Boring me and scaring me for life, doesn't help this movie much, so I'm leaning more toward horrible. If you have nothing else to rent, and would like to be freaked out for the rest of the day, then check out this "classic."
I give it 1 ½ stars for a doggie style that I never want to see again, and for Burt Reynolds awesome bow and arrow and acting skills.
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