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A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried ...

4.8

10,737

Comedy. Western Albert, a cowardly farmer, backs out of a gunfighter's duel, which is why his girlfriend decides to leave him for another man. However, one day a beautiful woman arrives in town with whom he falls in love and who will help him discover his courage, courage that will be put to the test since this woman is dragging a fugitive husband who demands revenge.

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"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 (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"Much of the appeal lies in the wacky bunch of characters whose interactions and adventures weave a bawdy tale filled with absurdities and contradictions"	POS
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"A flaccid all-star farce that's handsomely dressed up with nowhere to go for most of its padded two-hour running time (...) A surfeit of unbilled celebrity cameos serves mainly to remind us what cool friends MacFarlane has"	NEG
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"MacFarlane has corralled a great cast, which makes it especially disappointing that the movie’s merely OK (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"MacFarlane is just passable as a leading man, but as a director and co-writer with two others he has a wider comic imagination than "Blazing Saddles." For every so-so gag there are three genius ones (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The real problem with “A Million Ways to Die in the West” is one of editing. There are a million jokes in it, but only 500,000 of them are funny (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"'Ted' proved that Seth MacFarlane had more up his sleeve than the ADD humor of 'Family Guy,' but 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' sees him not entirely ready to be outrageous without pandering"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Gags about farts, STDs and violent pooping inspire haters. But for all its hit-and-miss jokes, there are lots of ways to die laughing at this Western raunchfest (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"Despite all the costumes, stunt work, and locations in Monument Valley, this big-budget western spoof by Seth MacFarlane is too glib to live up to its potential"	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"There's nothing about this plotline that doesn't feel like a retread, and MacFarlane, I'm sorry to report, still seems like the funniest guy in the writers' room rather than a genuine movie star"	NEU

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