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Incident at Loch Ness

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Incident at Loch Ness reviews
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7.3 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 20 critic reviews
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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)

What The Critics Said

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90

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.

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83

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.

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80

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

Turns out to be surprisingly layered.

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75

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?

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego

A giddy mockumentary.

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75

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

In addition to being a funny movie about the movie business, it's a cheeky, ingenious motion picture puzzle.

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75

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Once the cat is out of the bag, "Incident" becomes simultaneously entertaining and disappointing.

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75

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.

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70

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.

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70

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.

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70

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.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

It's actually a clever commentary on documentary filmmaking, an pretty good monster movie to boot.

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60

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.

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58

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Incident at Loch Ness, unfortunately, is a riddle wrapped in a hoax stuffed inside a crock.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Starts cleverly but becomes more preposterous as it goes along.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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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.

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