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Wagons East!

 (PG)
     
  Wagons East! Review
Tookey's Rating
5 /10
 
Average Rating
3.00 /10
 
Starring
John Candy , Richard Lewis , John C. McGinley
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Directed by: Peter Markle
Written by: Matthew Carlson

 
 
 
Released: 1994
   
Genre: WESTERN
COMEDY
   
Origin: US
   
Colour: C
   
Length: 106
 
 


 
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Woeful.

(Variety)

One of the least amusing comedies I've ever seen, right down there with "Clifford." Although it stars the allegedly hip Richard Lewis, its ‘humor’ consists largely of barnyard jokes, kicks in the crotch, hayseeds in love with their cows, jokes about gays and hookers, and a lot of shots where people fall over things, and things fall over them. Everything is punched up by cringe-inducing fiddle music; the score is one of those by-the-numbers jobs where every screen movement is accompanied by a musical note... The screenplay by Matthew Carlson and direction by Peter Markle are so amateurish I'm surprised they found backing from a major studio. The film has no sense of pacing, excitement, location or humor, and essentially reduces itself to shots of an ill-assorted group of characters awkwardly performing in contrived situations. No opportunity is missed for sticking in something that's supposed to be funny, but isn't - like the sleeping cap with a tassel, which Lewis wears at night. Many of the action sequences lead up to people falling over cliffs, after which we get a shot of them below, in the mud, and are supposed to laugh. I didn't. I also wasn't amused by a subplot involving hip Indians.

(Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)

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