History Film / CryWilderness

* BlatantLies: Morgan's claims to be a U.S. Marshal. Not only does he not act or dress anything like an agent of the United States Government[[labelnote:*]]not that this [[WhatAnIdiot prompts anyone to ask him for identification]] [[/labelnote]], he later acknowledges that he's a big game hunter.

** Giving human food to wild animals and treating orphaned animal cubs as pets are strictly prohibited in most nature parks, as they cause animals to lose their fear of humans and raid local towns looking for food. As the son of a park ranger, Paul should know this. Hell, on top of this, his father, the park ranger, should know this, but gave Paul two racoon kits!
** All the animals Helen is taking care of at her cabin are kept in tiny cages that are barely big enough to house the animals in them, much less allow them to move around. They have no access to food, water, or shelter, and the cages are vary obviously not even secured to the ground. And the one the eagle gets put in is just a couple of temporary fence panels with a perch, there's not even a roof for the one animal shown that can fly!

** [[DoubleSubvertedTrope although]], the raccons Paul's dad found were explicitly stated to be ''baby'' ones, and the ones shown wrecking the kitchen are full grown...

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Morgan is first seen eating a roast chicken with the full complement of JabbaTableManners including having grease dripping down his chin.

** After his [[EyeScream painful]] defeat at the claws of a hawk, you'd think that we'd get some sort of closure on what happened to Morgan afterward, but after he runs screaming off the screen clutching his face, he just vanishes and is never seen again.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Played maddeningly straight, for characters who are supposed to be wilderness experts and park rangers. Paul, his dad, and Jim constantly treat wild animals as pets, including extended scenes of Jim walking casually up to a wild bear and ''hugging it'' while Paul and his dad laugh, and Paul and his dad picking up and cuddling wild raccoon kits as if they were house cats. [[UnderminedByReality They couldn't even consistently film these scenes as written]]: Watch closely and you'll see the raccoon kits ''bite'' both Paul and his dad as they attempt to pick the kits up.

** [[DoubleSubvertedTrope although]], the raccons Paul's dad ofund were explicitly stated to be ''baby'' ones, and the ones shown wrecking the kitchen are full grown...

* StuckOnBandaidBrand: During the ProducePlacement scenes, "Coca-Cola" is said repeatedly, never just "Coke" or "soda", etc.

* JabbaTableManners: Will, Jim and Paul enter Will's home to find Morgan sitting athe table devouring an entire roast chicken with his bare hands. And ketchup.

** Also, InsistentTerminology. "Coca-Cola" is said repeatedly, never just "Coke" or "soda", etc.

* SuitWithVestedInterests: The Mayor, who also owns the local hotel, refuses to take reasonable measures to protect locals and tourists from the dangerous animal in the woods. His idea of dealing with the issue is giving Paul's father a 24-hour deadline to catch the animal, and threatening to have him fired if he doesn't comply - which hinders the rangers' efforts, since they have to call off the search to drive into town and get their asses chewed (while the Mayor orders them to do something they were already trying to do), then drive back to the park to pick up the now-cold trail.

* TooDumbToLive: Paul. Oh boy howdy. Throughout the movie, he makes some reckless decisions that get him in trouble almost every time.

* ProductPlacement: Coca-Cola gets quite a few mentions and Bigfoot's cave is littered with empty cans of the stuff. Also, the prominent Hunt's brand ketchup bottle on the table in Morgan's first scene.

''Cry Wilderness'' is a 1986 family adventure film about a boy named Paul who befriends Bigfoot one summer and is encouraged by Bigfoot to journey to the mountains and help his (Paul's) father.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Giving human food to wild animals and treating orphaned animal cubs as pets are strictly prohibited in most nature parks, as they cause animals to lose their fear of humans and raid local towns looking for food. As the son of a park ranger, Paul should know this. Hell, on top of this, his father, the park ranger, should know this, but gave Paul two racoon kits!