I’m not really sure what your typical Bigfoot movie is, but if it’s anything like Harry and the Hendersons, I’m more down with that. Jay Delaney’s documentary Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie is little more than a tease of interest and an unsatisfying bore. It exists somewhere between your usual making fun of dumb, small-town folks kind of doc and your below-average sort of personal-interest, anybody and their mother can be a subject kind of doc. A few decent moments offer some promise, but the 62-minute film is just too terribly short to deliver the goods.
The focus is on Dallas Gilbert and Wayne Burton, two good old buddies (stress on the old and buddies) from Appalachian Ohio who seek and document Bigfoot in their spare time. Surprisingly these “researchers” are not out to locate the impossible find; their goal is not the elusive Loch Ness Monster. It’s the apparently very conspicuous Bigfoot. Dallas and Wayne have seen many Bigfoot creatures, at most 6 in a day. They’ve taken approximately 150 photos of the beasts, and claim they’re everywhere. Even “Vietnam got a Bigfoot.”
