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78It's smart; it's silly; it's – kill me now – shear terror.
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75Never very frightening, but it's clever and fun, with a memorable amount of humor and gore.
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75Horror buffs in search of a fresh take on the usual grue should embrace it wholeheartedly.
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75You'll laugh, you'll groan, you'll never buy wool again.
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75It manages the weird feat of making a flock of sheep bounding across a meadow seem vaguely menacing.
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70A giddily subversive addition to the age-old cinema tradition of the horror comedy.
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70Jolly good fun.
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The cartoonish overkill that often makes Black Sheep a hoot proves wearying over an entire movie: The broad comedy and one-note characters eventually cancel out the horror, leaving elaborate set pieces that are more frantic than funny.
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The cast, including Tammy Davis as a handyman and Glenis Levestam as a housekeeper with a taste for innards, hits its marks flawlessly, even when the material isn't first-rate. Like "Shaun of the Dead," Black Sheep is at once exhilarating and self-deprecating, knowledgeable without being fannish, clever but not too clever.
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70Once you have seen a sheep munching on a bloody human leg, you may think twice about your next leg of lamb. On the other hand maybe you'll be inspired to seek vengeance. To provoke one of these responses -- vegetarianism or a defiant meat eating -- may be the point of this odd, amusing film.
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70Endearingly amusing horror pic.
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63Both the humor and horror are as broad as the side of the Oldfields' barn, but King and the cast are clearly having fun.
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63This is a one-joke skit that trots in a straight line, and your enjoyment of it will depend entirely on how many times you need to see gonzo sheep rip out human entrails.
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50I did like seeing the (fakey-looking) sheep take flying neck-high leaps at various human throats, in scenes recalling the killer rabbit in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." And I enjoyed the Kiwi dialects. And I suspect King's next film will be better.
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50Unfortunately, Black Sheep takes so long to get going and misses so many easy opportunities for classic comedy it has to be regarded as a noble failure.
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50The gold standard for the modern monster movie remains "Tremors," which combines genuine thrills with clever plot twists and distinctive characters. By contrast, Black Sheep has a bunch of one-note living jokes running around willy-nilly while being chased by killer sheep.
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30Stunning vistas of New Zealand's rolling countryside aren't enough to carry this lame 2006 horror spoof.
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