While Neeson is largely boring, pitching it somewhere between Taken and Seraphim Falls, Theron is a lot more appealing and almost manages to make her role convincing in its own right. Seth MacFarlane mightve picked a safer place to make his lead-acting debut than A Million Ways to Die in the West, his directorial follow-up to 2012s surprisingly successful Ted. What may surprise you, however, is that one of the funniest in the film was neither in the script nor Seth MacFarlanes idea. My wife and I went with another couple and we saw the film for free and it still was horrible. It was so painful to watch that I found myself watching most scenes between my fingers like I was at a scary horror flick. NY 10036. I'm a little surprised that so many reviews of A Million Ways follow the theme of: "pretty disappointed funny but not hilarious not as good as I was hoping" etc. Rating: There is a post-credits sequence involving the gunman at the fair from the final scene. Before he attempts to rape her, she knocks him unconscious with a rock and escapes. "When I read the script, it made me giggle a lot, let's put it that way. [16] Other westerns that inspired MacFarlane and the crew during writing included Oklahoma! Play the A Million Ways to Die in the West 8-bit Video Game. He could have done any number of things - but as usual he settles for the cheap gag and the fast buck over anything involving either thought or genuine creativity. [48][49] Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 33% rating based on 211 reviews, with an average score of 4.90/10. Rumors Swirled Ash Williams Would Appear In Mortal Kombat. A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 American Western black comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The initial idea has some comedic promise - someone can't attend a gunfight because he can't stop going to the toilet. I so wish it had been better! He's not good enough as a romantic lead to anchor a picture. See production, box office & company info. He was already in hair and makeup for his movie, so we just threw him in. Screenwriters: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild Awful isn't close to describing this film. There's nothing inherently wrong with jokes about poo, vomiting, farting or sexual intercourse, but you have to package them in a certain way to stop the comedy becoming about shock value for shock value's sake. I detest Family Guy, I categorically refuse to see Ted and as a whole I'm not a fan of Seth MacFarlane. It's made worse by the fact the person claims they're not a Seth McFarlane fan and then immediately gushing about his hilarious history. but then again slap stick comedy seems to be the up and coming thing in today's generation why i don't know didn't find it funny at all were they reading the words of a board. All A Million Ways to Die in the West Videos. MacFarlane plays a character who spends the entire movie showing how enlightened he is by complaining about how terrible life in the West is - but he could only know this if he had experienced life AFTER that period, and therefore had something to compare it with. "It's quite romantic," Neeson said of his character's name during a visit to TODAY Monday. A Million Ways to Die in the West: Official Clip - Great Scott! After backing out of a duel and losing his girlfriend, sheep farmer Albert slowly rebuilds his self-respect with the help of a married woman. Makes Ted look like a masterpiece, its jokes are mostly miss and the vulgarity is boring and good actors including McFarlane waste their talents. Heres how it works. A Million Ways To Die In The West reunites MacFarlane with many of the filmmakers behind Ted, including Scott Stuber (Bluegrass Films) and Jason Clark who produce, and Wellesley Wild and Alec . A Million Ways to Die in the West works best in its early scenes, when MacFarlane is devoting his energy to mocking Western cliches. I wish I could ask for refund. Equally, he could have taken Liam Neeson's ruthless, lugubrious villain and subverted the concept, making him a complete coward or someone who is misunderstood. Production companies: Bluegrass Films, Fuzzy Door Productions Wherever you stand on Macfarlane's televisual endeavours, translating from one medium to another is notoriously difficult. The film follows a cowardly frontiersman who gains courage with the help of a female gunfighter and must use his newfound skills in a confrontation with her villainous outlaw husband. A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 American Western black comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Regal I can't tell you if C.Theron and L.Neeson are in there. Stocking the supporting cast with top-drawer talent, he gives most of his costars little to do besides attract our attention on movie posters; that ruse might yield some results on opening weekend, but wont be able to carry the picture to the kind of profitability enjoyed by Ted. Neil Patrick Harris and Amanda Siegfried were surprisingly horrid. [21] Neeson, who nearly always suppresses his Irish accent when acting, agreed to play the part of Clinch only on the condition that he could use his Irish accent. So even though the . Dolby Digital, Datasat, New on DVD & Blu-Ray: Edge of Tomorrow, Million Dollar Arm, and More, Now Streaming: Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and More, RT25: Celebrating 25 years of Rotten Tomatoes. They were a large reason for my deciding to see this film and I am disappointed in their obvious decision to do this movie for the money and nothing else. During the brawl, Albert saves Anna from being crushed to death, and the two become close friends. As the story goes, the Scottish star was in the neighborhood during the production of MacFarlane's movie, starring in Gavin O'Connor's Jane Got A Gun. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Fatal Attraction Series Stars Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan on the Sexy, Unsettling Psychological Thriller, Prime Video Acquires J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves Batman: Caped Crusader and 2 More Animated Projects, While it offers a few laughs and boasts a talented cast, Seth MacFarlane's overlong, aimless A Million Ways to Die in the West is a disappointingly scattershot affair. He orders his right-hand man, Lewis, to escort his wife Anna to Old Stump while he continues his banditry. "His main character, the little fat father in 'Family Guy,' they were making fun 'Imagine Liam Neeson being in a Western. John Waters knew this, Mel Brooks knew this, even the Farrelly Brothers knew this - but clearly it's something that Macfarlane still has to learn. [57] "Spiritually, it's closer to a mid-range crowd-pleaser such as City Slickers than Blazing Saddles, too enamoured of genre convention to reach for the comic dynamite," wrote Mike McCahill at The Guardian. how can anyone be so bad? Heres how it works. probably the worst movie i ever saw (and i am a movie buff). Set in 1882 in the American west, Albert is a lowly farmer with a nice girlfriend. But no matter how many jokes he can produce, or how long he chooses to play these jokes out for, they cannot solve the underlying problems: the story and the characters. Then the mysterious Anna rides into town and captures Albert's interest and heart, but with her deadly . Though the film is hardly laugh-free, its uneven jokes appear to have breezed through a very forgiving editing process. Starring Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, and Liam Neeson, the film features an all-star cast. IE 11 is not supported. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Filming & Production Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Shooting Gallery Bystander (asks about the dollar), Rankings List Of All 22 Josh Brolins Acting in Movies 1985-2021, visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios (uncredited), associate producer (as Joseph Micucci) / associate producer, makeup department head: additional photography, makeup artist: second unit (as Pepper Gallegos), makeup department head / makeup supervisor, hair stylist: second unit (as Aleen Martinez), additional assistant makeup artist (uncredited), special makeup effects artist (uncredited), unit production manager: additional photography, production supervisor: insert shoot, additional photography, second assistant director: second unit (as Anna Ramey), second second assistant director: additional photography (as Louis Lanni), additional second second assistant director, first assistant director: additional photography, first assistant director: second unit / second second assistant director, construction general foreman (as Jim Barth), art department coordinator (as Sara Pennington), assistant property master (as Trina Siopy), labor foreman (as Christopher C. 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