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.
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.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
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:
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:
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
rotten:
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.