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In the wacky satire When Nature Calls, an urban family moves to the country in order to get back to nature. Set as a film within a film, the movie mocks a number of film and television cliches with an... read more read more... exaggerated glee; it also features cameos from a number of celebrities. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 16 min.

Directed by: Charles Kaufman

Release Date: September 13, 1985

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DVD Release Date: October 21, 2003

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  • January 20, 2011
    A stupid comedy about a family who goes to live out in the woods thinking it's safer than the city! Actually there are a couple of really funny scenes, but mostly it's not funny.
  • May 24, 2010
    This movie has a good amount of funny gags, but also a good amount of unfunny scenes as well. It felt a little long because the story runs out of steam and they just kind of seem to add gags that don't need to be there before they get to the end, and the end was alright, but the... read more couple of scenes before that could have been cut out.

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Richard F. Shepard
May 21, 2003
Richard F. Shepard, New York Times

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Ted Shen
January 1, 2000
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
August 2, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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