Wild Wild West
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Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
What critics thought
One of the more notorious big-budget misfires of the late 1990s, Wild Wild West was savaged by critics who found its lavish effects no substitute for coherent storytelling or genuine comedy. The near-universal complaint was a script too thin to support its own spectacle, leaving characters with no emotional grounding and jokes that simply fail to land.
“Wild Wild West is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“leaves reality so far behind that its storytelling would be arbitrary even by comic-book standards, and its characters share no common ground or emotional connection.”
Janet Maslin·New York Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Western
Cast & Crew
Barry SonnenfeldDirector
Will SmithCapt. James West
Kevin KlineU.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President Grant
Kenneth BranaghDr. Arliss Loveless
Salma Hayek PinaultRita Escobar
M. Emmet WalshColeman
Ted LevineGeneral 'Bloodbath' McGrath
Frederique van der WalAmazonia
Musetta VanderMunitia
Sofia EngMiss Lippenrieder
Bai LingMiss Mae Lee East
Garcelle BeauvaisBelle (Girl in Water Tower)
Elmer BernsteinComposer
S.S. WilsonWriter
Jeffrey PriceWriter
Peter S. SeamanWriter
Michael BallhausCinematographyWild Wild West
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
What critics thought
One of the more notorious big-budget misfires of the late 1990s, Wild Wild West was savaged by critics who found its lavish effects no substitute for coherent storytelling or genuine comedy. The near-universal complaint was a script too thin to support its own spectacle, leaving characters with no emotional grounding and jokes that simply fail to land.
“Wild Wild West is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“leaves reality so far behind that its storytelling would be arbitrary even by comic-book standards, and its characters share no common ground or emotional connection.”
Janet Maslin·New York Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Western
Cast & Crew
Barry SonnenfeldDirectorWill SmithCapt. James WestKevin KlineU.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President GrantKenneth BranaghDr. Arliss LovelessSalma Hayek PinaultRita EscobarM. Emmet WalshColemanTed LevineGeneral 'Bloodbath' McGrathFrederique van der WalAmazoniaMusetta VanderMunitiaSofia EngMiss LippenriederBai LingMiss Mae Lee EastGarcelle BeauvaisBelle (Girl in Water Tower)Elmer BernsteinComposerS.S. WilsonWriterJeffrey PriceWriterPeter S. SeamanWriterMichael BallhausCinematographyStream
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