CUCKOO Movie Review
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It's Coo Coo as in clock and bird 🐦😊💜🐾👍
I fell asleep if that tells you anything
I love you gave a new meaning to the word "croissant."
I'm stealing it for good lol
For me, the story made sense. I knew about the behavior of cuckoo birds beforehand, so I was able to connect the story points while watching the movie. I just wish it was scarier. I would classify this as more of a thriller than a creature feature. I feel like I would have enjoyed the movie more if it went full on horror. Overall, it was a good movie for me.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Yea haven’t seen it but that’s the vibe I get from it. Not scary/horror enough for me to go see. Same with Maxxxine. A scary movie is HARD to make. That’s why we don’t see many
The story made sense because of the brain dead exposition dump in the third act, which was very frustrating to me. Also my biggest gripe with Longlegs. The all time great horror movies are ambiguous. Not having all the answers can be horrifying.
Still think ‘Cuckoo’ is a good film and the first 2 acts are gold.
I'm pretty excited for this one. I'm a big fan of Hunter. She's great and Dan Stevens.
They both did good!
the blonde bird lady was definitely scary...but the action scenes and Doctors running around like Loomis, made it not scary...also reminded of the 1979 movie The Visitor
Love the channel. Always dependable reviews and always hilarious my dude. 🙏
Many thank yous!
I love how original it is and we need to support indie horror especially when it's original or a new lore story. I do wish it was much scarier and at least one badass gory death but no... Honestly the movie should be PG-13. Seriously, no one really dies from the sub human.
The most impressive thing I’ve seen Stevens in is Gaslit with Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell, and Stevens as John Dean. It’s based on the brilliant podcast focusing on Mitchell and her story as it pertains to the Watergate scandal!
Trust me, it’s an a damn good series with Sean Penn playing John Mitchell in prosthetic makeup, and Shea Whigham as G. Gordon Liddy!
I’m not usually into weird movies but I thought this was okay. 🤷♀️ Lol. Totally see why people wouldn’t like it, though, because it’s really kinda hella weird. Lol. Fun fact I didn’t know till watching this myself … Dan Stevens is fluent in German, which explains him doing that accent so well. 😆
He sounded good as fuck like that so it makes sense lol
This is a film that, for me, definitely doesn’t answer all the questions. But it answers enough for me to give it a 8/10. Any unanswered questions can be explored in sequels, or just in your head.
Agree with this comment. I had fun with this movie. I don’t understand the people who didn’t like it
Glad you dug it!
I don't know if you realize this, but lately you have been the opposite of everybody else in your reviews lately!!! For example, every other channel I saw so far loved this movie!!! But, that's what is great about opinions!!
I honestly don't look at many others reviews lol so I did not realize that but I'm cool with it!
It's cuckoo like the clock 😊. Love your videos! You crack me up and keep me informed on all the new movies. See you guys live tonight!
Thank you!
I figured out what was happening and I thought this would be like Mother, but it just swerved in another direction. It should have been more horror like in Mother. The scientist trying to reproduce this cuckoo creature made no sense. They had no real motivation to do any of that stuff they did. It also kinda reminded me of that movie or was it mini series where the killer was the bogeyman that existed throughout the human history and morphed it's body to look like a double and then commit a horrific murder to feed and let the patsy take the fault while he moved on to the next. He also had psychic powers over people and just masked himself living in the corner of the eye like a myth. Can't remember the name of that one. But both better movies than the Cuckoo. Would have been better if there was no scientist and a tourist resort - just plain old monster that hunts down people.
To explain it, basically just a SCP-ish/Anomaly concept involve humanoids that act in a sort of manor to the Cuckoo bird of brood parasitism pretending to be the young of another bird to be taken care off. Just humanoid creatures and a group that wants to preserve and study them. Taking the SCP Foundation role of securing and testing the anomalies they capture. Just read an SCP article, they're shorter and more creative and terrifying in concept at times.
Don’t think I’m gonna see it. They took the easy way out and went more thriller. A scary movie is HARD to make. That’s why most ‘scary’ movies end up being not scary and more thriller. It’s a hard thing to create. Has to be artfully done by someone who knows what they’re doing.
I really didn't like this. I waS so confused and disoriented. HATE Where it went.
Facts all facts
... nah - it was pretty good, but if you were at all familiar with the cuckoo bird before the movie you could see the whole plot from the beginning
I liked it! It was gripping, at times scary and tense, well shot, well acted (especially Dan Stevens), good ost, good and gripping third act. Interesting and a somewhat original concept. Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised. Definitely one of the best horror films of the year. I also noticed many callbacks to other films, such as H18, T2, Die Hard and even a bit of FEAR game, idk maybe it's just me but yeah....8/10! Also, the sound they make is very similar to that of clickers from TLOU
Mans said cuz koo
I thought the movie could have been better. It was OK for me. I will say that Hunter Schaffer was pretty good and Dan Stevens was amazing with that German accent. Over the top but funny in some parts. I give it a 6 out of 10.
Anybody else want to throw up after that film?
Thanks for the upload Mike!!!!!
Thank you my friend
I did not know about this movie, but now I am eager to see it!!
You always make me laugh out loud. Seriously! Every time!
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Only decent person part of the movie for me was Dan Stevens, never a bad performance
Dan Steven in Legion; brilliant. Anyway. Bummer that Cuckoo isn't very good. Really want good scary movies.
6:36 Read me like a book. Movie has a lot of flaws but I love atmospheric "horror" where youre never really scared but just trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Like Blair Witch and the like.
The Alkaline Trio shirt 🤘
Awesome review as always Mike I’ll check this one out! ❤
It's named after the bird which is pronounced kookoo
I thought Dan Stevens was practicing for a potential Human Centipede reboot in the future 😂
I’ve only recently heard about this
I hear people loved this film. Ur thr first who said they hated it
I love Germany, German films, I speak German, yet I really thought it was a meh waste of time. It was bizarre. The setting I loved. The pacing was slow or just otherwise wrong. I’m sorry. About a 2-3 out of 10 for me. Didn’t find it scary, just boring and messed up. Others are reporting they loved it. That’s great. I’m normally in agreement with the masses. Not on this one though. I will say-the theater I saw this in last night was nearly sold out. See it and form your own opinion.
That's okay with me!
I got human centipede vibes from this experimental concept
Hey man, not hating but you clearly missed some things in this movie. Like the Cuckoo bird (coo-coo) being a pretty integral part of the story. I can respect opinions but I definitely think a rewatch could answer a lot of questions for you.
I appreciate it but I didn't mean to convey I didn't understand what was going on....I understood. I just thought it was told very poorly.
I’ve been through childhood trauma and narcissistic abuse
REALLY off topic, I really can't get over the Twist in Trapped NOT being that it's his daughter... Do people just not know how to write anymore. It's PERFECTLY set-up twist since the trailers make him a HARD red-haring and M. Night loving twists. Would've been an epic twist because I know normies don't think that deep or know REAL quality writing anymore lol. Instead it's straight forward watching someone who doesn't get scared avoid capture, would've been for more interesting and impressive everything he did if it was to help cover for his daughter. Even going so far as to frame himself... But nope... No one has a brain to write anything good anymore...
Agreed, I remember thinking as I was watching it, "What if the KID is the sadistic one... and dad knows about it, but what she's done is so horrible he can't possibly let anyone know!?" That would've been such a crazy and brutal twist!
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I gave it a six for filming and acting. But the story was poor.
I think this movie is ok I don’t think it’s all that great acting and everything but I feel like the story was lack luster like the movie wasn’t scary and the voice shit was kinda cringe ngl I feel like the movie could’ve used a little more story development and make it more horror this movie didn’t feel like a horror movie just a thriller and not even that the first 30 minutes I feel like is what they should’ve stayed with instead of what we got
I haven’t seen this one yet. I don’t think we have it in Ireland yet but I’ll probably give it a go, weird though it is 😂
WTF is it with the need to make weird-ass movies right now.
Great review ❤
Thank you! 🤗
How did you watch this entire film and come out of it not knowing how to pronounce the title? It's the bird...the clock...Coo Coo is the pronunciation. It's painfully obvious and a huge part of the plot. 😬
Its an awful film lmao
Love the Alkaline trio shirt . What an underrated band in their early years 🤯 🤯
They are still rocking too! Their last two albums have been killer
Saw this on Friday. While I'm not sure I loved the ending, it has stayed with me since I saw it. SO I give it a 3.6/5 Stars. Reminded me of Lost Highway by David Lynch mixed with maybe Love Lies Bleeding. I could definitely watch it again and get more out of it.
It’s coo koo, they say it that way in the film? Jessica Henwick didn’t have much to do. Thought the inspector was Peter Sarsgaard.
The disturbing part to me, is the fact that the cuckoo woman thought she could "impregnate" Gretchen when Gretchen is clearly male. Male, knees,male shoulders, male hips, male adams apple etc.unusually tall and prepubescent but obviously male nonetheless.There was going to be a Sleepaway Camp style reveal, when the cuckoo was gonna put its goop into the victims womb, but surprise! Shes a man baby! Or was that gonna be the 'twist' that normally the female cuckoo impregnates the male? A little confusing because Gretchen seems like a typically female name...maybe that confused the cuckoo.
Hunter is a trans woman but she is playing a female in this film, full stop. Her being trans is NOT part of the plot and isn't even relevant.
should have just stuck with the grief/family or bird/scary lady thing not all of it at once + other themes
I just watched it, unfortunately I had seen the trailer for it when I watched Longlegs and I also thought the monster thing was gonna be way freakier. The way it moves in the shots they chose for the trailer made it seem really unnerving and unnatural but for the most part the monster just kinda walked like a normal person? Also in the trailer it said the movie was “blood soaked” but in terms of violence this movie was INCREDIBLY tame. But I liked the film overall, I was just sorta disappointed. Dig the alkaline trio shirt btw
I was highly intrigued by the story 😢
This movie was a 0 out of 10 for me not scary at all just mid the story was interesting for the first 30 minutes and then fell off with a shitty all over the place story that had shit ideas and poor execution
She didn't actually even attack anyone when you think about it
Right?
Watched this movie last night and I’m genuinely still confused at what even went on
The monster was boring poorly explained and disappointing. Mute Humans who scream loud and making you trip but can be blocked out easily with headphones and can also be shot killed just like a human
And what is up with the time travel hypothesis. Nothing but great acting gone to waste
There are actually worse parts of the butt to suck than the crack. It's not the best part of the butt to suck on, oh God no-- but if you're GOING to suck on a butt, at least it's not fresh from the tap.
Glad im not the only one, i had to watch a Cuckoo explained video to understand it. So many things just happened, the time loop thing, the flute and the implantation of eggs to be fertilized was just like huh? I mean i get it but not really. Was that Beatrix lady aware of what happens after 10pm? Was she in on it? Didn't seem like it and dad sold the house but left the phone on? Or did the movie take place over the whole summer? I don't know
The time loop thing isn't really a time loop and more of a hypnotic feeling those things instill with their screams.
The flute was used to train those things, I think, I admit this part wasn't really explained well.
The implantation of the eggs was basically a version of real life, where some cuckoos who are parasitic will lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. These eggs are even similar in color to the eggs of the birds whose nest they invade. The cuckoo is then raised by the other bird. The way this relates to the movie is that these creatures reproduce this way (and might ONLY reproduce this way).
Beatrix was most likely not in on it, there's a scene in the movie where Koenig (the bad guy) tells Beatrix's boyfriend to make sure that the act of impregnation doesn't fail this time. Also note that Beatrix is also told to lock up and leave after 10 and the events of the movie kick off when Beatrix swaps shifts with the main character, who oversleeps thus kicking shit off.
Houses take time to sell, after the main character has that accident in the first act of the movie, we're not really sure how much time has passed. I assume the phone stayed on while the house was in the process of being sold and then the message tape was sent over along with the other belongings. The other thing that points to this is the message that the little sister leaves for the main character's mom, since the little sister is hospitalized later on, we can assume that she left it a few days before the house was sold.
The movie definitely didn't communicate passage of time in the best way. Although I don't really think that's a major flaw.
If you've seen an explained video I just leave this comment as my understanding of this movie, please excuse me. I thought the movie was okay, it was decently acted, I wish the concepts were explored more, maybe lean in on less horror and more thriller, or go full on horror with it? It's something that I think you can watch once and feel like it was a good use of your time, but again, that's just my opinion.
@@fitfitter95Beatrix wasn’t in on it, and yea, the flute was used to train them/lure them. I’m guessing the flute has something to do with actual cuckoos (admittedly I know next to nothing about different bird species), but those two bits were things that had to be inferred via dialogue or on-screen actions
@@fitfitter95 good observations, and yeah all that makes sense at first I thought Koenig was a mad scientist creating these creatures but i guess its a fictitious animaI. I feel it's just a little too ambitious. I appreciate this movie and will surely watch again but I'm in no hurry.
"I get it but not really" is honestly the perfect answer. It's simple but they explained it like shit
The trailer was awesome but I was waiting for something to make sense but it feel flat. And the horror behind the story was pointless to what the movie was trying to push. It easily could of been a completely different and better movie if it took itself seriously. Kind of like children of men or touristas.
Just tap out if u can't figure out how to pronounce Cuckoo for Christ's sake.
I think this movie was one of those movies that makes more sense after thinking about what you saw, versus what you were seeing on screen at that moment. I personally thought the story could have been better in terms of being complete. I thought the concepts, settings, and characters were fantastic. However, I think the execution of the plot is where I'll admit it fell a bit flat. It was pieced together in a way that was so eccentric and made you question what you were even watching SO often, that it lost its merit. It made the entire story seemingly make no sense, or almost like things could have been avoided easily if the character had made one move differently. I think it was made like that though to leave it open for question. I think they were going for that kind of movie that just leaves you asking "What and Why?" with no real answers or definitive solutions to the question/problem. I personally liked that it was different, but then again, I wasn't really a fan of the movie Infinity Pool which had a similar premise and vibe to it.
Have you seen the Dan Stevens starring FX show Legion? It's my favorite superhero project of the 2010's because it focuses on deep character & practical effects spectacle vs up it's ass lore/self seriousness the MCU & DCU can have. It's also very self contained but does a lot in its 3 seasons with AMAZING work by Stevens as a schizophrenic superhero/villain/antihero/villain at any time.
I haven't but it looked dope
i thought this one was ok but i dont get why dan stevens was doing all that it never really was explained
First half was good but second half was messy
4:06 was wondering when you were going to get real
Why has all the horror movies suck ass lately
I liked it just because of how crazy some of it was
“I know you’re tryina be artsy fartsy CROISSANT 🥐.” 😂😂.
See you tonight big boy…
You the best mike!
Thank you amigo
Just finished reading the synopsis. So outside of a MINOR SCP Foundation tribute feel, like this could be an SCP species I can see on the wiki. There's stranger and more abstract SCPs. Outside of that... Eh... I'm losing touch with normies. I've consumed so much more mind-blowing and creative media created by ONE human online, that things like this and Trapped (which I thought the twist would be that his DAUGHTER is the killer and he's the brains keeping her from being caught because he loves her that much, sounds cooler, right?) are just... Trash.
Final word, Henry is BASED and the real tragic hero of the film. I don't care how harsh it sounds, he's right to want to take out Alma too. When it comes to a say a VERY dangerous SCP like 096 (Shy Guy), I'm all for just ending it ANY way you can instead of trying to secure it, too dangerous if ANYONE sees and doesn't even notice 2 pixels of it's face. You could call this Cuckoo SCP species Euclid and containable, but REALISTICALLY the most based decision is to kill it. They aren't animals, they're humanoid creatures that live SOLEY through parasitism.
I'd consider them closer to a cosmic roach in human skin that is a threat to humanity. End EVERY trace of them. The ending is just modern female YA nonsense lol. Like a Tumblrian trying to write an SCP fanfic and it semi being some Twilight fanfic with an SCP lol. Nah, if they wanted a more badass ending, either Henry does succeeding in ending the Cosmic Cuckoo roaches (I'm gonna call them) or Alma goes full Cuckoo and murderers her sister and Konig's preservation plan succeeds.
Again ending it female/feminist YA nonsense of: "NEITHER MAN GETS WHAT THEY WANT!" And being a well predictive schizo, I'll as far as to say that IS the subtle messaging with that ending stand-off between Henry and Konig. Like Anti-Feminist vs. Male Feminist.
So this film can shove it. Go read an SCP article or listen to one on RUclips. You'd be far more impressed as the creativity and horror a single person can come up with.
Horror movies now are good at putting you to sleep it’s just rinse and repeat
This movie was good but not as good as Longlegs.
Longlegs was trash
I think Cuckoo was a total disappointment
❤ Longlegs is SO SO GOOD! + uses the Cuckoo bird theme so well and purposeful!
i honestly wanted to like this movie soooo badly! i did not.
the decisions that were made by the lead character were kinda dumb. and yes, why did they show us the main monster during the promotions. the whole thing is just was just a dumpster fire.
i gave it a 4/10
Me too!
I loved it! Was I utterly confused by what was going on? Yes. But so was Hunter Schafer’s character. It added to the disorienting and unsettling situation she was in. I have a lot of questions left over but I think I like that about it
Good to know how easy it is to entertain you... 👍
@@sideskroll yep! All it takes is good acting, good directing, and an original idea!
@@andrewschumm8253 And no logical plot whatsoever. Got it.
You went thru childhood not knowing the name of a famous bird? Wow. Schools have failed you. Sorry. 😂
This movie was just Ass.
That's interesting
Weird for the sake of just being weird. No story that was interesting.
It’s pronounced coo coo, as in cuckoo clock.
ALK3 !!
I was so lost watching this movie. I almost walked out.
I don’t think this guy saw the movie. They literally pronounced the title three times in the movie. Six if you count the clock which was pretty on the nose.
The story makes sense if you know how cuckoo birds operate. I thought it was fantastic!
I wasn’t aware of how the behave until the movie described their behavior, and this made complete sense to me start to finish.
I mean I get that I just thought they did a terrible job explaining it. But I'm glad you dug it!
@WeWatchedAMovie I dunno man, the last 10 or 15 minutes felt like it laid it out a little too simply for audiences. Almost felt like they were holding my hand and making sure I understood. I'm not usually too much into the whole 'croissant' of things, but it reminded me of old 80s body horror that I'd stumble upon in my cousin's collection of weird dvds as a kid.
I really expected you to dig it man!
What do you mean “if you know how cuckoo birds operate”? They literally explain it in the movie. 😂
@BeardedBushMan81 I said just as much in my second comment. Apparently, that still wasn't enough for some people...like Mike for instance lol I found it pretty cut and dry personally.
Cool shirt!
Hey Mike, what do you think about the rumors of stu returning?
I think yes
@@WeWatchedAMovie OK cool plus if you want to hear my theory, I think the real reason why he became a killer Is because he never got any attention from his mom and dad and his sister stole all the attention away from him from his parents because he was always the first child of the family and his parents always loved him until his sister came along his whole origin was never about fame or Revenge because his family got divorced or because his favorite movie got ruined He became a murderer because he’s being rejected. He’s been breaking up he has been insecure. He’s been insulted he’s been bullying people never liked him as the funny honest play by the rules type of guy He was forgotten about he was abandoned And People used him to make themselves feel good about themselves and that’s why nobody questions him for some of the things that he does he was always an asshole troublemaker And he’s very sensitive and manipulative. He’s very smart and intelligent and I do believe he knows the things that he is doing. He’s just playing along and pretended like he doesn’t know anything else I wouldn’t be surprised if he used Billy an a frame him as a serial killer and that’s why I think he was that he was Because if you lose your relationship with someone or your family doesn’t think that you are cool as like a son or anything and eventually that will make you crazy and cause you to become a serial killer and maybe that’s why Casey decided to break up with him it wasn’t just because she had feelings for Steve. It was because she knew that there was something bad and weird about Stu and that’s why Stu killed her like it was Stu who killed everybody else all along he killed people because he felt like he didn’t it matter even his own friends didn’t care about him and I think the real reason why he right before he gets done stabbing his victims and hang them up in Neuces I think that is his way of practice to how to hang somebody or kill somebody and I believe those were signs that he wanted to kill himself It was his idea all along to frame Sidney dad and keep the secret of killing her mom and it was his idea to start the whole thing from his house Billy was too crazy to the point where I don’t think it was him who come up with all of these other ideas Because if you looked in the original script from the first movie it was Stu idea to convince Sidney to come to the house for the party And I think the real reason of he faked his own death was because I believe Billy teach him to how to faked his own death and maybe that’s how he got the whole idea so what did you think? Mike What do you think of my theory?
Isn't that the last name of the Big Bang Theory chick?
No idear
Kaley. Her last name is Cuoco.
All the good parts were in the trailer honesltly
really they were now that I go back and watch it
The lead kinda took it down for me.
damn why?
@@chloeonestrogen no charisma
It’s like the clock haha
Una mrda de película, efectos todos cutre y aburridisma solo para terminar con un pésimo final.
Imposible que alguien recomiende este bodrio de pelicula.
Pésimo guión, la protagonista desde el min 1 cae mal y no sientes empatia con ella nunca y ese final no pudo ser peor. No supe si era película de terror o suspenso o no sé. Malisima. Les pagaron para hablar bien de la película obviamente
Loooove this honesty. From what you said sounds like yet another non sense woke croissant. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Total croissant, lol. Thank you!
Kinda surprised some people seem to not understand the story. It's very spelled out towards the end.
Idk for me it was a solid movie, not super scary tho, and it did fall apart towards the end with too many contrivances.
I understood it but it was told poorly imo
Movie was terrible AF
Worst movie I've seen all year, hands down. I want those 100+ minutes back!
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The whole rewinding thing was annoying
and the constant screaming
I agree it actually served no purpose at all
@@WeWatchedAMovie I said thank god when she uses the switchblade on her lmaoo
boring and not scary
You are hotter than Dan Stevens
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