10 Years Later, Austin Butler Is Officially the Only Good Part of This Painful Kevin Smith Horror Movie

Published Apr 4, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT

What 'Yoga Hosers' Is "Aboot"

Perhaps the best way to describe Yoga Hosers is as a cross between Dude, Where's My Car? and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Like the latter, the film centers on two sweet female protagonists who are inseparable: Colleen Collette (Lily-Rose Depp) and Colleen McKenzie (Harley Quinn Smith). The two Colleens are 15-year-old Canadian girls who spend their days studying yoga with guru Yogi Bayer (Justin Long, sans tusks), working at the Eh-2-Zed convenience store owned by Colleen C's father, and playing in their cover band Glamthrax (the girls start the film with an excellent cover of Anthrax's "I'm the Man"). One night, they're invited to a seniors' party being held by Colleen M's crush, Hunter Calloway (Butler), the following night.

In blatant foreshadowing, the girls' history teacher happens to talk to the class the next day about the Canadian Nazis, circa WWII, led by "Canadian Führer" Adrien Arcand (real guy, played by Haley Joel Osment) and his lackey Andronicus Arcane (not a real guy, but actor Ralph Garman), who escapes as Arcand is arrested, never to be seen again (wink wink nudge, nudge). Fascinating, but not nearly as much as the party will be. Except they can't go, with Colleen C's father leaving the girls to run the store.

Good news: Hunter and his friend Gordon (Tyler Posey) take the party to them. Bad news: they're Satanists, who plan on sacrificing and dismembering the Colleens. Good, but bad news: their plan is stopped after the Bratzis attack and kill Hunter and Gordon by entering their derrières and coming out of their mouths (subtlety, thy name is not Kevin Smith). Good news II: the Colleens use their yoga skills, with poses like "Pretentious Frog" and "Dissatisfied Customer" to defeat the Bratzis. Bad news II: they're arrested for the murder of Hunter and Gordon. They escape with the help of the legendary Guy LaPointe (Johnny Depp), whom they first met in Tusk, briefly. But is it too late to stop – SPOILER – Andronicus Arcane, who plans on using his Bratzis to commandeer a ten-foot-tall "Goalie Golem" to exact revenge and kill all critics?

'Yoga Hosers' Austin Butler is Beauty, Eh?

Yoga Hosers is not a good movie. The Canadian accents used by all characters are farcical, with "aboot" the most egregious example, but at least the dialogue can be understood. Depp's Guy LaPointe, however, has an accent that is too thick to understand, and doesn't really serve much of a purpose except to have Depp in the film. Arcane's motivation to kill all critics (critics harshly criticized his artwork) is pretty weak, even for a film of such caliber, and the grand exposition of his plan to the Colleens and LaPointe is an opportunity to allow Garman to do celebrity impersonations, for no real good reason. And the less said about the Bratzis and their, shall we say, unique killing method, the better.

But it has some good elements that make the film more enjoyable than it probably should be. The nods to Canadians, like the wall of maple syrup in the Eh-2-Zed, are amusing. The chemistry between Depp and Smith is charming and genuine – as a pair, they're fun, and as a band, they're excellent – while Justin Long's guru strikes the right amount of parody and eccentricity. Austin Butler, however, is the one who comes out the other end (poor, poor choice of words) looking the best. His Canadian "accent" is the most natural, largely leaving the exaggeration aside. He's effortlessly charming, making it easy to understand why Colleen M would fawn over him, yet he switches into a monster instantly, making the reveal of him as a Satanist a legitimate surprise.

And his polite manner in explaining how he plans on sacrificing Colleen ("Now, the good news is that we're Canadian Satanists, so we don't go in for any of that touchy stuff. Your virtue stays intact.") is the most Canadian thing in the film. The fact that his role is pretty brief certainly doesn't hurt either, giving him enough screen time to make a statement, but not so long that he gets dragged down. Of course, it could be argued that the best role in the film is even briefer, that of the police dispatcher, a cameo from the legendary Stan Lee. But as a Canadian, I'll defer to Butler's honest attempt at Canadianizing a Satanic antagonist. It's the polite thing to do.