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.
A sunshiney hodgepodge of bad jokes, nice scenery and reverse stereotypes.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2013
rotten:
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.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
22 May 2013
rotten:
A stridently unfunny western comedy that is equally lame in its writing and direction.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
22 May 2013
rotten:
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.