Strange Wilderness is a 2008 comedy-adventure film produced by Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...

's production company, Happy Madison Productions for Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

, and starring Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn

-Early life:Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Zelda, who worked for the YMCA, and Carleton E. Zahn, a retired Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor. Zahn spent part of his childhood in Mankato, Minnesota, attending Kennedy Elementary School...

, Allen Covert

Allen Covert

Allen Stephen Covert is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Adam Sandler.-Personal life:...

, Justin Long

Justin Long

Justin Jacob Long is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, Drag Me to Hell, and Youth in Revolt, and his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a...

, Kevin Heffernan

Kevin Heffernan (comedian)

Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.Heffernan was born West Haven, Connecticut...

, and Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Feldstein , known professionally as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is best known roles for his roles in Superbad, Knocked Up, and Get Him to the Greek. He made his theatrical debut in I Heart Huckabees, alongside Jason Schwartzman and Dustin...

.

Cast

• Steve Zahn
  Steve Zahn
  -Early life:Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Zelda, who worked for the YMCA, and Carleton E. Zahn, a retired Missouri Synod Lutheran pastor. Zahn spent part of his childhood in Mankato, Minnesota, attending Kennedy Elementary School...
  
   as Peter Gaulke
• Allen Covert
  Allen Covert
  Allen Stephen Covert is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Adam Sandler.-Personal life:...
  
   as Fred Wolf
• Justin Long
  Justin Long
  Justin Jacob Long is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, Drag Me to Hell, and Youth in Revolt, and his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a...
  
   as Junior
• Jonah Hill
  Jonah Hill
  Jonah Hill Feldstein , known professionally as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is best known roles for his roles in Superbad, Knocked Up, and Get Him to the Greek. He made his theatrical debut in I Heart Huckabees, alongside Jason Schwartzman and Dustin...
  
   as Lynn Cooker
• Robert Patrick
  Robert Patrick
  Robert Hammond Patrick, Jr. is an American actor, known for his leading and supporting roles in a number of films and television shows....
  
   as Gus Hayden
• Ashley Scott
  Ashley Scott
  Ashley McCall Scott is an American actress. She is known for her work on television and in film including her roles in the television series Birds of Prey, Dark Angel and Jericho.-Acting career:...
  
   as Cheryl
• Harry Hamlin
  Harry Hamlin
  Harry Robinson Hamlin is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans, and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A...
  
   as Sky Pierson
• Ernest Borgnine
  Ernest Borgnine
  Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...
  
   as Milas
• Jeff Garlin
  Jeff Garlin
  Jeffrey "Jeff" Garlin is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, voice artist, director, writer and author, best known for his role as Jeff Greene on the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm...
  
   as Ed Lawson
• Kevin Heffernan
  Kevin Heffernan (comedian)
  Kevin Heffernan is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group.Heffernan was born West Haven, Connecticut...
  
   as Whitaker
• John Farley
  John P. Farley
  John Patrick Farley is an American actor and comedian.Farley was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne , a housewife, and Thomas "Tom" Farley, Sr., who owned an oil company. He was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He is the youngest brother of actors Chris Farley and Kevin Farley...
  
   as Mountain Doctor
• Peter Dante
  Peter Dante
  Peter Francis Dante is an American actor. He has been in most Happy Madison films with his friend, Adam Sandler. His roles are usually alongside Jonathan Loughran and/or Allen Covert. His role in Little Nicky was named "Peter". Similarly, his role in Grandma's Boy was named after his last name...
  
   as Danny Guiterrez
• Oliver Hudson
  Oliver Hudson
  Oliver Rutledge Hudson is an American actor. He is the son of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, and brother of Kate Hudson...
  
   as TJ / Animal Handler
• Blake Clark
  Blake Clark
  Blake Clark is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, and veteran of the Vietnam War, having served as a Captain with the 101st Airborne Division....
  
   as Dick
• Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and voice artist. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in Freaks and...
  
   as Ranger In The Helicopter

Critical reception

The film received highly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

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 gave it a 0% rating with an average reviewer rating of 2.2/10 based on 43 reviews. At Metacritic

Metacritic

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, it was given a 12% (ranking 'Overwhelming Dislike') based on 12 reviews, tying it for 30th place for the worst-reviewed films ever.