Rotten
The movie is exhausting, utterly without feeling, and pointless -- though Smith looks great in his Western outfit.
Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Wild Wild West
It's a whole new west.
1999 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Western
Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld
Overview
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Director and cast
- Barry Sonnenfeld Director
- Will Smith as Capt. James West
- Kevin Kline as U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon
- Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Rita Escobar
- M. Emmet Walsh as Coleman
- Ted Levine as General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
- Frederique van der Wal as Amazonia
- Musetta Vander as Munitia
- Sofia Eng as Miss Lippenrieder
- Garcelle Beauvais Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The result? A cautionary tale about boys and their toys and what happens when a star, Will Smith, and a director, Barry Sonnenfeld, are given way too much money to play with.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
Rotten
Wild, Wild West poses this not very pressing question: Can a comedy costing something north of $100 million hope to succeed solely on the basis of special effects, cross-dressing and a vertically challenged villain?
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Rotten
In the tradition of such unwatchable blockbusters as Armageddon, Con Air, and Godzilla comes Wild Wild West, yet another cinematic Spruce Goose that illustrates how bigger is rarely better.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
Unfortunately, Smith's abundant charm is squandered by making him play second fiddle to a bunch of dumb machines that look like rejected maquettes from a Star Wars brainstorming session.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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