Fresh
A slender movie of humble, welcome charms.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Good for Nothing
This ain't no place for a lady...
2012 · 1h 32m
Action, Adventure, Western
Directed by
Mike Wallis
Overview
GOOD FOR NOTHING is an adventurous romp set in the sweeping Old West from Mike Wallis in his directorial debut. Inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns and celebrating the Western genre with an interesting twist, the film follows an odd romance and the resulting emotional confusion of an outlaw who reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped.
Director and cast
- Mike Wallis Director
- Cohen Holloway as The Man
- Inge Rademeyer as Isabella Montgomery
- Jon Pheloung as The Sheriff
- Richard Thompson as Will
- Steve Cronin as Slim
- Barnie Duncan as Mexican Tracker
- Nigel Harbrow as Fernando
- Pana Hema-Taylor as Young Native American
- Allen Hemberger as Undertaker
- Toby Leach as The Doc
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A droll New Zealand parody with a tone so deadpan it becomes laugh-out-loud funny.
John Anderson, Variety
Fresh
Beauty and the Beast meets Sergio Leone in this amusing Western import.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
The film's antipodean locales provide plenty of uncharted territory, vast expanses of untamed land that offer endless opportunity but little guidance. A man could get lost out there, and Wallis does.
Sam Adams, AV Club
Fresh
Good for Nothing has a nice comic sense of the brushfire eruptions of Western violence...
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
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