This movie is 58 minutes long. With credits, I mean. When you start it up on Full Moon's streaming app, that's the total runtime that comes up. And it STILL had moments that dragged on unnecessarily long. But much like the runtime, I'll make this brief.

Let me get the positives out of the way. The cinematography was just swell. Simple, perhaps, but it took a single setting location, a Southern, lakeside cottage, and it made it work, and easy on the eyes. The POV shots for the gator and cell phones were less pretty, but used sparingly enough. The cast was attractive and fun; these may not be master thespians, but they were all game and looked like they were having a blast in their roles. There's a topless scene. Nice. The film takes great pleasure in mocking zoomers. Double nice. It doesn't take itself seriously, the ending is pleasant, and overall I got the impression that the filmmakers just want viewers to have an good time. And one last thumbs up for honesty in marketing; the CGI gator is, indeed, bad.

On to the negatives. I don't like the script. No one says anything of any importance, at all. There is no real story beyond 'there's a bad CGI gator outside the house', so the characters have nothing to do or say to move the story forward except intentionally leave the cabin and die, which they do. Some of the dialogue is just mind-numbingly awful, and some scenes in the second act go on too long because of that. There is no tension, a lot of the jokes don't land and there is no real gore to speak of besides a couple of severed limbs.

That's about it; if you're a Full Moon subscriber, and you need to kill an hour, this is available to you. You could do a lot worse. But Full Moon has also created much, much better, and I want them to be around for a long time. Hopefully this and the recently released AImee get sequels that do more with their premises.

I like to consider myself a connoisseur of low budget horror. It's a fine line to walk-- there are films that know their premise is bad, so the cast and crew don't try; there are others that try too hard to be more than what they're capable of being and end up being boring. There are very few "bad" horror movies where you can tell that everyone involved is truly enjoying themselves-- and that enjoyment elevates the film to something that you truly, unironically enjoy as well.

I've been anxiously awaiting Bad CGI Gator for a month, as it was coming out on my birthday, and it did not disappoint. The low budget did not stop the camera crew from doing a very professional job, and the acting was superb for a comic horror film; although I doubt we'll see any of these actors in the future, I'd be very happy if we did see their careers advance.

The script is charmingly mocking of Gen Z culture, in a way that makes it clear that actual Gen Z people were involved in writing it.

And the gator, oh, the gator! If you came to this review to hear about the eponymous gator, I promise it won't disappoint. There's an in-universe reason the gator is bad CGI, and I promise that the creature's descent from the roof will fulfill every promise the film's name offers.

If none of this compels you, the short run time at worst means it's worth giving it a try, and if you're like me, you'll be left wanting more.