Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Jacob Vaughan
Written By: Jacob Vaughan and Benjamin Hayes
Starring: Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Warburton, Peter Stormare and Stephen Root
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Synopsis:Duncan’s (Ken Marino) life is a real pain in the ass. Tormented by a manipulative, crooked boss (Patrick Warburton), a nagging mother (Mary Kay Place) with a boyfriend 1/3 her age, a deadbeat new age dad (Stephen Root), and a sweet, yet pressuring, wife (Gillian Jacobs), his mounting stress starts to trigger an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction. Out of ideas and at the end of his rope, Duncan seeks the help of a hypnotherapist (Peter Stormare), who helps him discover the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pintsized demon living in his intestine that, triggered by excessive anxiety, forces its way out and slaughters the people who have angered him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, Duncan attempts to befriend it, naming it Milo and indulging it to keep its seemingly insatiable appetite at bay. – (Source)

The Good:
I have to give credit where credit is due…the idea behind this movie is incredibly original and the demented mind that thought it up automatically goes into my mental databank as a creator to watch.
And Peter Stormare was a bizarre treat to watch as quite possibly the worst therapist ever.

The Bad:
The idea is original but the actual film is a lackluster affair that never embraces the absurdity of things as much as I hoped it would. I mean this is a film about a stress induced ass monster bursting out of a man’s sphincter and going on murderous rampages. That should have produced a much wilder, balls-to-the-walls ridiculous movie but instead BAD MILO tread on way to much familiar territory.
I also never bought Ken Marino as a put upon nebbishy doormat. Maybe it is because I have seen him play the smarmy douchebag too many times but whatever the reason his Duncan didn’t work for me.
And Milo looked like someone found the Baby puppet from the old TV show DINOSAURS and modified it.

The Ugly
I could have lived without seeing Milo bite off a guy’s penis.

Final Verdict: A fun sounding premise that never fully embraced its twisted absurdity instead becoming a bit too much of a run of the mill, low-budget monster movie with too few of the over-the-top moments I was hoping to see.

Grade: C-