A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Blazing Saddles has no dominant personality, and it looks as if it includes every gag thought up in every story conference. Whether good, bad, or mild, nothing was thrown out.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
It's a crazed grabbag of a movie that does everything to keep us laughing except hit us over the head with a rubber chicken.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Although Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder head a uniformly competent cast, pic is handily stolen by Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn. Kahn is simply terrific doing a Marlene Dietrich lampoon.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
2 Apr 2008
fresh:
One of the funniest awful movies ever made.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
2 Apr 2008
fresh:
Goldarned if the whole fool enterprise is not worth the attention of any moviegoer with a penchant for what one actor, commenting on another's Gabby Hayes imitation, calls 'authentic western gibberish.'