Rotten
The one person who gets the balance right, weighing parody and homage, is the composer, Joel McNeely, whose opening theme stirs hopes and memories that the movie cannot match.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Bring protection.
2014 · 1h 56m · R
Comedy, Western
Directed by
Seth MacFarlane
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A Million Ways to Die in the West feels like about 80 minutes of material was padded out to 110 minutes.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
The movie, which MacFarlane directed and cowrote with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, is clever about its anachronisms. You stay surprised.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Rotten
In A Million Ways to Die in the West, director-star Seth MacFarlane builds an imposing, affectionate reconstruction of the American movie West, then defaces it with funny mustaches -- often literally.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Fresh
If you measure a comedy by how many times you laughed, Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West, at least for me, is a middling success.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
More films
High Noon (1952)
Drama · Western · PG
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Cast
- Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
IMDb
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
89
Rio Bravo (1959)
Western · Approved
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Cast
- John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
IMDb
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
93
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Drama · Romance · Western · Approved
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Director
- John Ford
- Cast
- Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Desperado (1995)
Action · Crime · Thriller · R
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own t...
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Cast
- Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Joaquim de Almeida
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
55
Pale Rider (1985)
Drama · Western · R
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast
- Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
61
The Tunnel (2001)
Drama · Thriller · N/A
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Cast
- Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
72
Dresden (2006)
Drama · History · War · N/A
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her engagement to Dr. Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler). The gripping historical romance won a 2...
- Runtime
- 3h
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Cast
- Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler
IMDb
6.6
Mogadischu (2008)
History · TV Movie · Thriller
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of th...
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
IMDb
7.2
After the Truth (1999)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · N/A
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels ...
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Cast
- Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn
IMDb
7.3
Jungle Child (2011)
Adventure · Drama · N/A
A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Cast
- Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Michael Baral
IMDb
7.1
Comments
Talk about the film with other members