A Million Ways to Die in the West
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As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
What critics thought
Seth MacFarlane's live-action western comedy landed mostly badly with critics, who found it too long, too scattered, and dependent on toilet humor that rarely landed — a disappointment given its ambition. A minority found enough MacFarlane-brand charm to carry them through, but even sympathetic reviewers struggled to call it more than passable, and the harshest reviews targeted MacFarlane's acting and direction as specifically as his writing.
“A Western with a contemporary sensibility and dialogue that sounds markedly modern, A Million Ways to Die in the West is quintessential MacFarlane, at once silly and witty, juvenile and clever.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“A failure of craft. He can't direct action, or even handle scenery well. He can't set up a visual joke properly without resorting to head-butting and bone-crunching, and he doesn't know how, or when, to move his camera. He's not good enough as a romantic lead to anchor a picture.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“Some of it sputters, settling for smiles instead of laughs, and much of it flounders while the slapdash script searches [...] for ever more common denominators in toilet humor.”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“There are enough laughs scattered throughout A Million Ways to Die in the West that while you're watching it, the movie seems like a passable comedy. By the time you get home, though, you can barely remember the jokes.”
Rene Rodriguez·Miami Herald
Genres
Comedy, Western
Cast & Crew
Seth MacFarlaneDirectorSeth MacFarlaneAlbert
Charlize TheronAnna
Amanda SeyfriedLouise
Liam NeesonClinch
Giovanni RibisiEdward
Neil Patrick HarrisFoy
Sarah SilvermanRuth
Christopher HagenGeorge Stark
Wes StudiCochise
Matt ClarkOld Prospector
Evan JonesLewis
Aaron McPhersonBen
Joel McNeelyComposer
Wellesley WildWriter
Alec SulkinWriter
Michael BarrettCinematographyA Million Ways to Die in the West
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
What critics thought
Seth MacFarlane's live-action western comedy landed mostly badly with critics, who found it too long, too scattered, and dependent on toilet humor that rarely landed — a disappointment given its ambition. A minority found enough MacFarlane-brand charm to carry them through, but even sympathetic reviewers struggled to call it more than passable, and the harshest reviews targeted MacFarlane's acting and direction as specifically as his writing.
“A Western with a contemporary sensibility and dialogue that sounds markedly modern, A Million Ways to Die in the West is quintessential MacFarlane, at once silly and witty, juvenile and clever.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“A failure of craft. He can't direct action, or even handle scenery well. He can't set up a visual joke properly without resorting to head-butting and bone-crunching, and he doesn't know how, or when, to move his camera. He's not good enough as a romantic lead to anchor a picture.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
“Some of it sputters, settling for smiles instead of laughs, and much of it flounders while the slapdash script searches [...] for ever more common denominators in toilet humor.”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“There are enough laughs scattered throughout A Million Ways to Die in the West that while you're watching it, the movie seems like a passable comedy. By the time you get home, though, you can barely remember the jokes.”
Rene Rodriguez·Miami Herald
Genres
Comedy, Western
Cast & Crew
Seth MacFarlaneDirectorSeth MacFarlaneAlbertCharlize TheronAnnaAmanda SeyfriedLouiseLiam NeesonClinchGiovanni RibisiEdwardNeil Patrick HarrisFoySarah SilvermanRuthChristopher HagenGeorge StarkWes StudiCochiseMatt ClarkOld ProspectorEvan JonesLewisAaron McPhersonBenJoel McNeelyComposerWellesley WildWriterAlec SulkinWriterMichael BarrettCinematographyRent & Buy