Nature Calls

Patton Oswalt is an assistant scoutmaster whose father was the greatest scoutmaster of all. His brother Johnny Knoxville is a douche who hates scouts, the outdoors, and so on. So what happens when the boys cancel a campout to go to a sleepover at Knoxville's McMansion, only to become Shanghai'd whilst there to go out to a restricted region of a state park for the greatest campout ever? Hijinks ensue. And so Rob Riggle, the head of corporate security beats pro, and Patrice O'Neal, father of one of the scouts who's looking for revenge, go along to try to locate the lost boys and run into a skeevy park ranger played by Darryl Hammond. Oh dr dre headphones, and there is a naked chick on a motorcycle.
The film was written and directed by Todd Rohal, who did last year's Catechism Cataclysm. Like that, this movie is drenched in religious (ok beats by dre studio, blasphemous) imagery and overtones.and also quite funny. But it is a various type of funny than you'd expect this really is far more character-driven humor. Whilst there's a lot of humorous banter, it is funny within the "Oh my god I can't believe they actually just stated that,"vein.
This film was devoted to Patrice O'Neal monster beats, and it was his final film. He gives possibly the best efficiency within the movie, and also the crowd I saw it with in the Paramount cheered for him particularly when his name came up in the credits, and applauded his function during the Q&A afterwards. A fitting tribute to man whose talent is sorely missed.
There are things that are shocking in this movie. But they're also hilarious. Johnny Knoxville does something in this movie that he told Rahall that monster headphones, even given all the stuff he's done, this was the only time he was worried what his parents might think. MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT Mouse over for inviso-text:?And the scene where the scoutmaster father dies is one of the most awful and hilarious things ever, and it made me feel guilty for laughing at it.
Also, Maura Tierney puts in an awesome efficiency as Knoxville's long-suffering wife. Emphasis on suffering. She's also constantly followed by among the creepier scouts who's just as in love with her as I was when she was on Newsradio. Creepy, and hilarious.
This film was fun. I'm not sure it will connect with mainstream audiences, as it might be too quirky for them. More mainstream than a Wes Anderson movie, but less broad than a Will Ferrell flick somewhere in that quirky, uncomfortable middle you will discover Nature Calls.