A Million Ways to Die in the West
Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 30, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
19
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 29, 2014
It’s clear what MacFarlane is shooting for — nothing less than the chance to be both the Bob Hope and the Mel Brooks of his generation. Be careful what you wish for. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMay 28, 2014
Seth MacFarlane wants to be a movie star in the worst way. A Million Ways to Die in the West is result of this longing, a long/longer/longest comedy with long waits between jokes and longer waits between those that work. Thus, does his leading man career begin and end with a “worst way” Western. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 29, 2014
Some of it sputters, settling for smiles instead of laughs, and much of it flounders while the slapdash script searches, at exhausting length, for ever more common denominators in toilet humor. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 30, 2014
This movie feels like it has a million jokes, and every single one arrives with a lethal thud. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMay 30, 2014
Almost approaches so-bad-you-need-to-see-it categorization. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMay 29, 2014
The things that stay with you are the dull, boilerplate love story, the laziest performance of Liam Neeson’s career as a murderous gunslinger and the distracting amount of makeup Seth MacFarlane sports in the film. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneMay 28, 2014
All the whiny point-scoring is such an explicit appeal for audience sympathy that the dialogue feels derived from a malnourished stand-up routine. Read full review
22
Film.comKate ErblandMay 28, 2014
A relentlessly unfunny, charmless send-up of better films with better ideas. Read full review
20
Time Out LondonGuy LodgeMay 30, 2014
Given an inch by the surprise success of his raunchy teddy-bear romp Ted, writer-director-star MacFarlane now takes a drastically overlong mile with a film that flatters his moderate talent and subzero leading-man charisma at every turn. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 29, 2014
MacFarlane’s making no effort to push the envelope, which is something of a relief, but nor is he winning anyone around to his increasingly desperate stylings as a nerd-turned-bully. Read full review
12
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 29, 2014
Plenty of comedies aren't funny, but this one is more than that. It's wholeheartedly narcissistic in its portrait of male petulance and self-pity. Read full review
0
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMay 29, 2014
It’s a lifeless, meandering, overlong (116 minutes!) trudge through the oversized ego of its creator, full of wrong-headed humor and inept filmmaking. Read full review
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