[An] anemic Blazing Saddles-wannabe.
Wagons East!
They came. They saw. They changed their minds.
1994 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Adventure, Comedy, Western
Directed by
Peter Markle
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Wagons East!
Overview
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
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Top critics, in their words
A poorly focused and rhythmless collection of vignettes, Wagons East! does contain a few funny ideas and some decent performances that simply are not enough to rescue the movie.
A stridently unfunny western comedy that is equally lame in its writing and direction.
With credits that include such garbage as Hot Dog... The Movie, director and former hockey player Peter Markle displays an utter lack of comic sensibility.
A sunshiney hodgepodge of bad jokes, nice scenery and reverse stereotypes.
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