Directed by:
Christopher GuestComposer:
CJ VanstonCast:
Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Bokeem Woodbine, Eugene Levy, Kevin Dunn, Lewis Arquette, Tim DeKay, Jay Lacopo, Harry Shearer, Maria Cina, Patrick Cranshaw (more)Plots(1)
It was a time of heroes. Well, almost. They were hearty men in those days. Men who, like Bartholomew Hunt and Leslie Edwards, made sure that when adventure called, it got a wrong number. Chris Farley and Matthew Perry team with director Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) to venture into uncharted comedy territory. Where explorers Lewis and Clark go, Hunt (Farley) and Edwards (Perry) follow, hoping to overtake the famed expeditioners and be the more fiery trailblazers. In a land dotted with bears, native tribes, pioneer outposts and wandering conquistadors having a bad hair day, is there not also room for two more adventurers eager to make a name for themselves? Westward ho-ho-ho! (official distributor synopsis)
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An excellent, unfairly underrated comedy. What I especially appreciate about it is that it doesn't go down a downright embarrassing path even once in its 90 minutes, and instead always comes up with some crazy and guaranteed brilliant idea. Chris Farley and Matthew Perry are beautifully matched, they complement each other perfectly and take the reins of the story without too much trouble when the script is running out of breath. The only reason I'm not giving it 5* is because it would offend a whole lot of rather smarter comedies....)))...
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For most of its running time it floats in the calm waters of sheer mediocrity, and the only thing that occasionally snaps it out of its lethargy are a couple of incredibly lame jokes and a few (literally) quite brilliant gags.
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