Saturday, 18 April 2015

A million ways to make gross out jokes

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

Written and directed by star Seth MacFarlane this film also features Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried and Liam Neeson. A somewhat cowardly sheep farmer living in the old west loses his girlfriend and tries to win her back.

Coming forty years after Blazing Saddles (1974) it does seem like this genre parody has missed the boat a little on being relevant. The plot here is formulaic and while there are funny moments the film never misses the opportunity for the obvious and simplistic when it comes to humour. At two hours long it does feel like this film is a little on the long side and some of the dialogue strike as being straight out of a stand up routine rather but I suppose this is not the worst comedy film you will ever see.


3/5

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