As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
The one person who gets the balance right, weighing parody and homage, is the composer, Joel McNeely, whose opening theme stirs hopes and memories that the movie cannot match.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Jun 2014
rotten:
A Million Ways to Die in the West feels like about 80 minutes of material was padded out to 110 minutes.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jun 2014
fresh:
The movie, which MacFarlane directed and cowrote with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, is clever about its anachronisms. You stay surprised.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
30 May 2014
rotten:
In A Million Ways to Die in the West, director-star Seth MacFarlane builds an imposing, affectionate reconstruction of the American movie West, then defaces it with funny mustaches -- often literally.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
30 May 2014
fresh:
If you measure a comedy by how many times you laughed, Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West, at least for me, is a middling success.