Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Picturehouse Entertainment | Release Date: February 8, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
11
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75
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
Native Chicagoan Vaughn remains enigmatic, protected from the camera’s more candid intrusion. But you get a sense of his deep values, virtuous instincts and quiet love of ordinary people. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's a mouthful of a title for a rowdy, ramshackle funfest that flies by on its spirited humor and surprising heart. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The end result is an entertaining tour film. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
A funny comedy, and sometimes an even better drama. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
This engaging documentary is briskly funny. Read full review
70
Washington PostJohn Anderson
A very engaging trip along the cutting edge of America's funny bone. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Surprisingly endearing and chock-full of a genuine appreciation of the moment. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Has a loosey-goosey, what-the-hell spirit that's easy and fun to hook into. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerTravis Nichols
Though you might expect a film of a bunch of performers on a bus to explode with camaraderie and high jinks, the Wild West Comedy Show offers only standard patter about how hard it is for four dudes to share a bathroom, a map graphic between scenes, and one -- just one! -- priceless moment. Read full review
63
USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]
Vaughn could have used an editor, but Wild West still is a romp with a likable bunch. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The movie's amiable, impulsive, intense, and scattershot, and since those are qualities associated with Vaughn himself, in the end it's a fair representation. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
It's almost like you're watching a 100-minute trailer for a much better six-hour miniseries. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
Shot on sometimes lousy-looking video, it seems unreasonable to ask audiences to pay to see this picture on a big screen. But "Wild West," particularly with a bit of editing, would be a standout on cable, where shoddy production values would be eclipsed by some very funny material and the emcee presence of a sometimes charismatic (and sometimes obviously road-weary) star. Read full review
50
VarietyEddie Cockrell
Ungainly titled, overlong, intermittently funny. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
The doc provides plenty of backstory (meeting the comics' families offers generous context to material heard earlier in the film). But in the end, it's the bits involving Vaughn and his celeb guests that linger. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Though it includes some moderately funny snippets of actual performances, Wild West Comedy Show is not a concert film. We never see a complete performance or even a quarter of one. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Audiences can watch any number of similarly talented comics on late-night television or, even better, get close to the action at a downtown comedy club. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A good concert film might have been culled from Vaughn's 30-date LA-to-Chicago tour in September 2005, which showcased stand-up comedians Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, and Sebastian Maniscalco and included bits with Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Dwight Yoakam, Justin Long, and Keir O'Donnell. But this is more like a DVD extra for that film. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Wild West Show would have really been something if Vaughn had taken a few of his fellow Frat Packers with him - say, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Steve Carell - instead of the struggling unknowns. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Intermittent moments of mild amusement ensue. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Onscreen it all plays out like some sort of self-coronation, a celebration of the boy Vaughn’s rise to the heights of superstardom. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
It was undoubtedly a great experience for everyone involved, and the show itself might have been a romp. But as a movie, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show makes you think of the days in which troupes that didn’t deliver were run out of town, bullets pinging off their heels. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
West is heavy on Vaughn, at least initially, but woefully short on comedy. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
A 2 1/2-year-old collection of mediocre stand-up routines and dull backstage chatter, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show demonstrates why comedy clubs require you to have a couple of drinks. Read full review
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