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Incident at Loch Ness
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Zak Penn
Directed by: Zak Penn
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 17, 2004
DVD: March 1, 2005
Running Time: 94 minutes, Color
Origin: UK
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for brief strong language
Starring Werner Herzog, Zak Penn, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beristain, Michael Karnow, and John Bailey
This mock documentary chronicles the story of the making (and unmaking) of Werner Herzog's film about Scotland's infamous Loch Ness monster, as well as the aftermath of that fateful effort. Shocking, controversial and strangely humorous, the film raises many questions about where reality ends and fiction begins. (Fox)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly Scott Foundas
Razor sharp and funny as hell, Incident at Loch Ness is the harpoon hurled into the hot-air balloon of “reality” entertainment.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
In its final scenes, when truth and superstition collide, the film becomes more preposterous than anything Penn may have contrived earlier.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Watching the movie is an entertaining exercise in forensic viewing, and the insidious thing is, even if it is a con, who is the conner and who is the connee?
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
In addition to being a funny movie about the movie business, it's a cheeky, ingenious motion picture puzzle.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Once the cat is out of the bag, "Incident" becomes simultaneously entertaining and disappointing.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
Can be taken as a parable about cinema art vs. commerce. If that's too much to think about, just enjoy the off-beat humor.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
An amusing mock documentary that spends considerable energy artfully trying to make you believe it's real as real can be. The movie is transparently a fake, but its counterfeit nature is the heart of its charm.
Read Full Review >Variety Leslie Felperin
Constructed Chinese-box style as a series of films within films, with a faked one about the Loch Ness monster at the center, "Incident" will have maximum impact for the first auds to catch it before its sly central joke gets out.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Something of a gigantic goof, perpetrated by Penn and Herzog -- and the goofees included much of the entertainment media, people in the film business, the Scottish authorities and (I think) even some of the film's cast.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
It's actually a clever commentary on documentary filmmaking, an pretty good monster movie to boot.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Incident at Loch Ness manages to cross "Project Greenlight" with "The Blair Witch Project" in a way that makes one pine for the originals.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Incident at Loch Ness, unfortunately, is a riddle wrapped in a hoax stuffed inside a crock.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Herzog, who deadpans his way through the high jinks, is the best thing about the movie, but even he gets wearisome before Nessie has sunk the boat.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
The film slowly sheds its convincing identity as nonfiction and becomes a cruel parody of making-of docs, studio-movie pandering, and showbiz egomania.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Starts cleverly but becomes more preposterous as it goes along.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dave Kehr
These blatantly comic characters undercut the credibility established by Mr. Herzog's naturalistic performance, and sink the horror premise as quickly as it surfaces.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Leah McLaren
A successful hoax is annoying for everyone except the hoaxster. No one enjoys being the credulous, unsuspecting dupe of a wise---joke -- personally I loathe it.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Incident is too reverent for its own good. It could use a big blast of Herzog-like madness, but it sticks to the conventional show-business satire's arsenal of clichés.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Paul D. gave it a3:
At first, it seems like a real documentary (actually two documentaries), but when you figure out it's a spoof, the movie falls apart. It does have some offbeat humor, but not enough to make it worth sitting through.
Jerry J. gave it a9:
I was sucked into this movie all the way. Iam anold fan of Herzog going back to Strotzeg and Mystery of Casper Hauser. Strotzeg was the best movie of 1977 and I was the only one present in the movie house. Kinski, i met in sfo airport before he died. I had just seen Where Green Ants Dream and I did all the the talking about that movie. He was very sinister. I loved this movie with all its twists and turns. JJ
JW. gave it a6:
The height of yellowed-plastic, 2-for-1 Tuesday, gumball machine, corner store B-movie night guilty pleasures. The kind that evokes fond memories of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It baffles you by being goofy at moments of grim revelation, and utterly stoic in the face of profound silliness. It's cheese disguised as wine and wine disguised as cheese. And the effects - improbably - ARE TOTALLY SOLID! What is going on??? I think that's the point, though. It's a making-of-the-mockumentary-inside-a-mockumentary that doesn't even believe in its own premise. A picture worthy of Brendon Small, surely.
Jay F. gave it a10:
I got this film on DVD and I think it is truly a one of a kind film. I remember Werner Herzog from his remake of Nosferatu and it was great to see that this mockumentary start a bit like a report paper. We get a look into the everyday life of Werner and his ambition to film a serious documentary on one monster that has always sparked my interest, the Loch Ness Monster. Other "crew members" include Playboy model Kitana Baker, Michael Karnow as a nutty cryptozoologist, and Zak Penn who plays the role of greedy showman. Then there is the suspensful part of the film which is part Blair Witch and part Orson Welles. And that is what makes this film a one of a kind (mock) documentary.
Christoph SP gave it a9:
This is the "Spinal Tap" of documentary film making, minus some rudeness, plus some intelligence. Simply wonderfully entertaining.
Jonathan D. gave it a 9:
Much better than what critics are saying. Though ultimately confusing, it was thoroughly entertaining.
