A Million Ways to Die in the West (Starring Seth MacFarlane) Movie Review

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A Million Ways to Die in the West starring Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, and Amanda Seyfried is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Robert Abele (Los Angeles Times Film Critic) and Christy Lemire (ChristieLemire.com).
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Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. Starring alongside MacFarlane are Oscar (R) winner Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris. MacFarlane reunites many of the filmmakers behind Universal and MRC's hit film Ted including Scott Stuber (Bluegrass Films) and Jason Clark who produce, and Wellesley Wild and Alec Sulkin who co-wrote the script. (c)Universal
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@Halderic 10 лет назад

I love watching these film reviews. These reviews are sometimes much better than the movie itself; plus Christy is so darn sexy. That's right, I said it.

@Gavin48 10 лет назад

Wait Ben was so harsh on Hangover 3 & This is the End yet he gave this trash an 8.2. The hell is wrong with this guy?

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

I am hearing a lot of people saying this movie was not good and it wasn't funny. Also it's got a 33% on RT so am not sure if I trust Ben's review on this movie.

@ranwolf1240 10 лет назад

I know, right? it's almost like he has different opinion than you do

@NageekNoohac 10 лет назад

Opinions are objective, and comedy is one of the most opinion-based things in existence.

@mrfitness-bl6sj 10 лет назад

Major Dingus You're really living up to your name here... opinions are SUBJECTIVE. Facts are objective.

@Chongamon 10 лет назад

If you watch what the flick, then you know that Ben has the least knowledge when it comes to movies. I think he's the only one on the panel that's not a movie critic.

@therealcharismatron 10 лет назад

Not used to the WTF logo movin' and shakin' like that. Most of the time I was watching, trying to time when they would move. :) What movie were they talking about, again?

@Beeenka 10 лет назад

3 6 and 8 these guys can't agree on anything lol

@DamnFineCupOfCoffee 10 лет назад

Are they supposed to?

@TruckerJohn3 10 лет назад

They're supposed to agree?

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

***** And don't I know it, mate. Coming across people ashamed to admit they like Seth MacFarlane's work although many, many people find American Dad agreeable and more easygoing (as do I).

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

***** I also liked the movie Ted and found myself laughing at A Million Ways To Die In The West just the other night.

@Vincent_Error404 10 лет назад

I don't really care for MacFarlanes humor, but this review makes me want to go see the movie. It seems like Ben appreciated the movie on an intellectual level, as well as finding it funny. What I found interesting was how Christie said "I laughed a lot, but it wasn't a good movie".......a comedy is supposed to be funny, and if it makes you laugh.......mission accomplished?? I respect Christie and Ben's opinions as movie critics a lot, although I don't always agree with them. The discussion they had here sounded polarizing, but their final scores really weren't that far off. For some reason, that makes me want to see this movie now.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

yeah am glad that you brought that up because that sound very odd coming from her. It was just very weird when she said that.

@Gaugzilla 10 лет назад

I think it's kind of like empty laughs. Like how you can laugh at someone farting really loud and at a really clever joke, but you appreciate the latter more because it took wit and was distinctive. This is kind of just a bunch of fart laughs, with a few clever gems. It's not enough to actually say it's a good movie as a whole, even if you were laughing at how dumb it was.

@timothygraham6734 10 лет назад

I also thought it was odd that Christie said "I laughed a lot," but then didn't really like the movie. It's almost like she decided, after the fact, that the humor was too low brow or something, and that liking the film would seem to insinuate something. I shouldn't speculate on things like that though, so I digress. I however, will see the movie, and if I laugh throughout then mission accomplished. It is a comedy, that is the point. I don't need to leave the theater still wondering whether or not the top was still spinning.

@PurushaDesa 10 лет назад

I have the opposite reaction of Ben in that I'm not a fan of comedy films where the lead is basically doing a stand up routine and are 'above the situation', instead of a real character. That's a very kind of American, smart-alecky brand of humour. It can work to an extent, like in Austin Powers, but the key ingredient is that all the best parodies have a genuine affection for the genre they're spoofing. I see no evidence from here that Seth Macfarlane actually likes westerns, even if he does.

@DamitaJo 10 лет назад

best thing about this review is watching Christie's face as Ben defends Seth MacFarlane

@timothygraham6734 10 лет назад

Yet she still said that she laughed a lot during the movie. hmmm...

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

Timothy Graham which made no sense,lol

@TheTruthiest 10 лет назад

Timothy Graham I think she was just trying to make Ben feel better for being the outlier. She does that quite often.

@themaypole 10 лет назад

I saw the trailer motnhs ago and put it on my roadmap to see, glad Ben was a praising voice in this

@chiefersis 10 лет назад

Please review " Cold in July "

@kelseyshelton132 10 лет назад

Leave the recap of the movie for Christy. Ben (who barely even sees any movies anyway!) was babbling like crazy!

@timothygraham6734 10 лет назад

After seeing the first trailer for this movie, I really wanted to see it, but I have been seeing a lot of poor reviews for it and was on the fence about actually going to the theater or waiting til it came out later. I now know that I will be seeing it in the theater. Thank you Ben. You mentioned all of the reasons this looked interesting to me in the first place. I know that Seth MacFarlane isn't an Academy Award level actor. So what. Funny is funny. Add a bit of social commentary just for kicks and I'm buying.

@hyrdrogenalpha 10 лет назад

Who's Bob Hope (facetiously)?

@pdshiff 10 лет назад

Did Ben just favorably compare this to "Red River"?!!! WTF

@PhenHarrison 10 лет назад

Good thoughts, Ben!

@ChrisOliver4307 10 лет назад

Isn't that the same plot as Dogville?

@theonewhoknocks96 10 лет назад

Aw come on Ben, nothing about MacFarlane's humor is sophisticated in the slightest

@PapaWooody 9 лет назад

What movie did Ben see? Cuz I'd love to see it. It sounded funny. I wanted to like this (I love everything else Seth has done). But this movie sucked.

@Ajax-322 10 лет назад

Ben is my favorite by far. He is definitely a more human critic.

@Bayonetta-U1QTJ 9 лет назад

"Seth Macfarlane as 21st century Bob Hope... a little bit." Absolute bullshit Ben.

@matthewflynn2748 10 лет назад

.....Just because Ben liked it and occasionally went against the norm doesn't mean he's an idiot. Sometimes people like MacFarlane's schtick. I do, but this movie was weak for his standards because of the plot and some of the casting, it still made me laugh though, which is what matters. Sure an 8.2 is high, but every critic on Rotten Tomatoes has a little line where it says they agree with the tomatometer x amount of times. No one is 100! I thought this was below a 6, so it's rotten, but christ. Differing opinions people!

@lerm2866 10 лет назад

Just got back from seeing this, I chuckled twice. It all seemed forced and lazy. Did McFarlane pay off Ben?

@THEDEATHCODE20XX 10 лет назад

This movie out already?

@jackharrington6761 10 лет назад

It comes out Friday

@calamunci 10 лет назад

On the 30th it comes out.

@billymcqueen2782 10 лет назад

It's supposed to be out this weekend.

@beeto45 10 лет назад

this guy is right. i really loved the way they talked in the movie. the film to me was what i expected and i loved the cameos also if seth wouldnt have been in it i wouldnt have gone to watch it.

@nope2dat 10 лет назад

I hate the way they all talked as if they were from 2014

@bobo5674 10 лет назад

Ben M is a FANTASTIC host on Turner Classic Movies, yet as a movie reviewer? Not so much. I still respect his opinion, but really?

@joncore8207 10 лет назад

wasn't it family guy that made fun of liam neeson acting as a cowboy?

@thewalrusdragon9579 9 лет назад

I have to agree with Ben on 99% of what he said. Is this a great movie? No, not really, but it is funny, witty, and well-made for having a star like Seth MacFarlane. Yeah, MacFarlane is fairly one note as a live action actor, but that one note is done to its' perfection when talking about him. The dialogue throughout, with the lack of acting like they were in 1882 or like they were in 2014 was great. That is pretty much what made the movie to me. Not to mention Liam Neeson playing they antagonist was great. He makes a wonderful western villain, and I feel between him and Theron they stole the movie. I wouldn't go as far as to put it at an 8 or above, but a solid 7 as far as modern slightly raunchy comedies go. Basically, if there would've been a little bit more action, and a little less dancing sheep, it could've been a much bigger hit.

@LuqaS15 10 лет назад

Sophisticated and refined about McFarlane's humor?! Come on!

@nightsoldier1112 10 лет назад

Not a fan of the new guy. Matt and Alonso for the win

@simonjohansson1065 10 лет назад

I'm glad i wasn't the new guy at your school.

@Rosannasfriend 10 лет назад

me neither, he seems grumpy.

@MRDLT00 10 лет назад

Thank you Ben, I agree with your reasoning for liking the movie.

@kingoceanblu4445 7 лет назад

The 2 that aren't Ben are trying to sound Smart and it is so terrible the "Revision of Religion" or the Anacorism that Charlize has ... WTF

@TheJaslaf 10 лет назад

Out of all the potential movie disagreements, a Seth MacFarlane comedy is the most heated on What the Flick. ha!

@cloudincloudout 10 лет назад

the 3.2 guy is..... egh.. I mean to give a movie that low a grade it must have been offensive, but alas that's not why he graded it that low according to him

@MrGMANStudios 10 лет назад

So they liked this better than The Amazing Spiderman 2? Then we don't agree on much do we.

@SouthSideFrank 10 лет назад

well, it aint no Blazing Saddles.

@erikbateson 10 лет назад

The new guy looks like the lion from The Wizard of Oz.

@Exhightail 10 лет назад

BEN RED RIVER COMMENT CONFIRMS HIS KNOWLEDGE

@MrAcheez21 10 лет назад

Im shocked ben saw the movie he usually reviews movies hes never seen or hasnt seen the first one lllol

@licensedhobo 9 лет назад

Why are people so down on this movie? It made me really down when first heard the reviews but after seeing it a good movie, not great like Ted, but good and i laughed a lot.

@MrBeProvocative 10 лет назад

I wholeheartedly agree with Ben

@tomaalimosh 10 лет назад

Robert Abele has Chris Griffin's voice.

@heyhey89674 10 лет назад

I trust bens opinions the most! And what he sais makes total sense. =)

@stefers08 10 лет назад

Not great but still made me laugh. Great cast, decent jokes a 7.5

@greenarcangel 10 лет назад

Mmmmm If Ben like it, im interested to see it.

@pattypcollins 10 лет назад

I like Family Guy and Ted but this was disappointing. I thought Ben was being sarcastic until almost the end of this review. I can't believe he thought it was "sophisticated" he's usually very snobbish to stuff like this.

@nickstoli 10 лет назад

All that matters with a comedy is if you laughed. Sounds like Ben laughed a lot. Ergo, he should've given this a 9.5.

@MyTubeIsBetter20 10 лет назад

"i laughed quite a bit", but i didn't like it. wut?

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

***** it sounds so confusing after thinking about that...smh

@TruckerJohn3 10 лет назад

Yeah, she's an idiot. She pulls that shit all the time.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

John Fowler Its like confusing the viewers all the time. it sends the message that she has no clue what she is talking about.

@095293003 10 лет назад

Can a movie be funny and generally unenjoyable? I think it sometimes can. Comedies can't be reviewed based on the amount of times that you laugh. Dramas can't be reviewed by the amount of times you cry. There are always many factors at play in your enjoyment of any movie in any genre. And also, I mean, WTF reviews are meant to be casual conversations between critics. They are not scripted. So don't hold what they say up to close scrutiny.

@095293003 10 лет назад

John Fowler An idiot, because you have to either completely hate a movie, or completely love it. Only idiots are somewhere in between.

@tomatodamashi 10 лет назад

I *REALLY* wanted to like this movie, and yet I found it tough to find anything to laugh at in this movie. The trailer was the only good thing about this movie.

@WAAAAAAAAAAAY 10 лет назад

It's 2 hours?!?! Why are so many modern comedies so damn long? It's nothing but indulgent, especially when you don't have a plot.. Blazing Saddles was 96 minutes I think. This just seems like Blazing Saddles but way less subtle, and remember Blazing Saddles ain't that subtle [but at least it was about something] I'll probably end up watching this, but I can easily wait until it's on T.V. or something.

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

I love Blazing Saddles. A comedy classic.

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

Oh and the length of many modern comedies these days is baffling. Knocked Up (love that one too) was 129 minutes.

@WAAAAAAAAAAAY 10 лет назад

Ben Carroll I totally agree I really like Knocked Up too, but it is far too long. It's the same with Funny People [which is even longer]: I laughed a lot, it had quite a good story, but it just rambled and meandered on and on and on forever.... No comedy needs to be that long. Judd Apatow is kind of the worst offender when it comes this kind of thing; it's a lack of discipline really. Take Woody Allen. Almost all of Woody Allen's movies are around the 90 minute mark, at least all the ones I've seen. Because of this I never get an overwhelming sense of indulgence from his films like I did with a film like Funny People. Sorry for the long comment ha. It just really annoys me and it's gotten to the point where when a new comedy comes out from somebody I like, I immediately check the run-time and if it's pushing 2 hours I tend not to waste my time going to the cinema to see it... :)

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

''Does liking Family Guy help here''? Okay, you don't have to be a fan of FG to like this film and I'm down with Seth MacFarlane's sense of humour (same goes for the other movie, Ted). While I stick with watching American Dad these days, Family Guy, to me, was hilarious for the first six seasons but after that, degenerated into a morass of recycled gags and jokes that were more sick than funny. In short, prime-era Family Guy and American Dad still remain his best and only good work on TV or anywhere. Either way, as previously stated: I laughed at A Million Ways To Die In The West just the other night.

@blueeyesaf 10 лет назад

A few fart jokes go a long way, one, maybe two, is more than enough.

@Wysiwyg43 10 лет назад

It seems the best parts are in the preview. I enjoy Seth "one trick pony" McFarlane. If I'm invited to go see this, sure. If not, I'll wait for it to come out and enjoy the spoilers along the way.

@cqtaylor 10 лет назад

I like it when Ben reviews; he takes the pretentiousness out of discussing films. It's a funny film, why do you need character depth and plot in a funny film?

@lungilemadela1431 10 лет назад

Do we really need more Seth McFarlane?

@Demarcoa 10 лет назад

Ben vs. pretentiousness...

@ddl74 10 лет назад

Christy spouting "critic-isms". Why can't critics just admit they liked something that's not supposed to be high art? It IS supposed to be a raunchy dumb comedy. If you laughed a lot, it did what it set out to do. Sounds like more than a 6 to me.

@Gaugzilla 10 лет назад

They recently liked "Neighbors" that is by no means high art. I don't think your point make sense.

@Kristen70364 10 лет назад

I'm unashamed to say I loved the movie and I love Seth Macfarlane... And I think he's sexy.

@jftt42 7 лет назад

i loved this movie, best comedy i've seen in a long time

@MyLife_1988 10 лет назад

THIS WAS A GOOD WHAT THE FLICK.....WHEN BEN SAID WHATEVER LMAO....PLUS BEN IS HOT!!

@YOYOdaMOOSE 10 лет назад

so it's either going to be a 6, 3, or 8... got it!

@ohmygoshiloveapples 10 лет назад

Based on the trailer of this movie, I can't believe anyone actually likes it. It looks pretty horrible. So to hear that Ben gave it an 8?! shocks me quite a bit.

@grape4rapeXD 10 лет назад

I liked it this movie more than ted, it felt genuine :)

@Xenite227 10 лет назад

Why you should never listen to critics, most of them are pretentious nitwits with no talent to create. It's why they instead critique other peoples work.

@Gaugzilla 10 лет назад

Says the person critiquing critics.

@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 10 лет назад

Watching people turn their nose up at MacFarlane is some rich shit. He's one of the funniest and most prolific comedians alive. Not one of these clowns could accurately pin down why they feel Mel Brooks would be objectively funnier than him.

@095293003 10 лет назад

So only creators can be critics? Only filmmakers can critique films? Is that what you are saying?

@mimicremembered 10 лет назад

Funny fact here I have a teacher who is a movie director(currently a college student) and he told us that directors don't give two shits about what all the people think about the movies they don't make movies for everyone they make a movie for people who are interested in that genre of films compared to critiques that have like no fave genre they watch every movie that comes out and talk shit about them

@TheBenCarroll 10 лет назад

***** To me, Mel Brooks never made a funny film again after his 1977 classic, High Anxiety.

@wildhias6195 9 лет назад

whats wrong with Ben, often time he is so strict and this time? - the movie was quite bad - a lot of the jokes would have kind of worked within a family tie episode or cutaway gag but not in this live action setting Neil Patrick Harrison was good, but nothing new his character was Barney Stinson with a mustache and Sarah Silverman played Sarah Silverman innocent and debauched

@ahsansiddiqui4263 10 лет назад

8.2 to this and 4.6/5.3 to malificent

@marcboss6 10 лет назад

Ben is a really really bad Movie reviewer.

@095293003 10 лет назад

Okay.

@MaskofAgamemnon 10 лет назад

38%? Welp, won't be watching that then.

@magicadam5 10 лет назад

Guy on the left has no sense of comedy........ Thank fuk for the guy on the right with a brain

@bigraviolees 10 лет назад

Family guy is a shit sandwich someone made sat on the counter and grew moldy and for some reason people keep taking bites out of it

@mrfitness-bl6sj 10 лет назад

Like this comment if, after watching this review, you now no longer trust Ben's opinion on ANY movie, ever.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

I made that decision not to trust his review on comic book movies after Thor 2!

@TheTruthiest 10 лет назад

Did you just start watching reviews on this channel? I've never trusted his opinion because he's not an attentive viewer and seems to miss major plot points repeatedly. Even though I kind of agree with him politically, he also seems to miss the boat in his political analysis too.

@mrfitness-bl6sj 10 лет назад

TheTruthiest I've been watching this channel for over a year. What I meant was this review solidified my previous opinion on Ben. And yeah his political commentary is amiss as well.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

TheTruthiest I have been watching watching this channel for a year and a half I think and I have watched some old videos as well. Even with superhero films, Ben doesn't read comic books and I get that. What I have notice it started to get repetitive is what he says about the action scenes and he doesn't get why that is happening or why this is happening and it makes me wonder then why bother reviewing superhero movies then. With other movies, there are times his reviews have been a head-scratching for me.

@kelseyshelton132 10 лет назад

I agree one hundred percent. Ben usually never even sees the movies, but on the rare occasion that he does, he comes off as thinking his opinion is better than others when it's usually the worst!

@CVIIL 9 лет назад

I thought it was hilarious.

@keefriff99 9 лет назад

I love Family Guy and Ted, and did NOT love this. I mean, it was okay, but it felt really forced. I didn't laugh nearly as much as I expected. A few chuckles, but most of it just felt like MacFarlane trying harder to be clever than funny. This was definitely a misfire for him. Hopefully Ted 2 rights the ship.

@JaeSproo 10 лет назад

Ben "KILLS" every comic book movie....and is dismissive about them. but here is a movie almost everyone is saying is TRASH....amd he gives it a near perfect score. LOL. laughable.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

agree!!

@drkzilla 10 лет назад

He did like xmen and captain america. I'm just throwing that out there.

@blackrock316 10 лет назад

drkzilla But still when it comes to Superhero movies, his reviews are a bit of a head-scratching for all of us.

@095293003 10 лет назад

Laughable because he doesn't always follow a rotten tomatoes score? I mean, god forbid a critic who doesn't have the same taste in movies as you.

@095293003 10 лет назад

blackrock316 Not really. Superhero fatigue is real, and I think it's catching up with more and more people nowadays.

@2RayneR7 10 лет назад

Twas Much Funnier than TED

@moviemagusII 10 лет назад

Metacritic 44, Rotten Tomatoes 33%. Ben 8.2.

@professor4444 8 лет назад

8.2 lol thats funnier than the movie

@supremeaxiom 10 лет назад

And what's up with this chic doing the review skinn? everytime I watch wtf and they do a close up on her I cringe..she has the skinn of an 90 year old woman

@jdtremblay2331 10 лет назад

I like early Family guy, Ted was good, this movie sucked.

@shadowbro3873 7 лет назад

420th like 🕶

@deaconbluezzz 10 лет назад

This review confirms my belief that Seth MacFarlane has sold his soul to the devil. There's no other logical reason for his success...

@JozieLeePro 10 лет назад

From the "don't get Seth MacFarlane" camp . . . Waste of film.

@ramonc1942 10 лет назад

Okay Robert Abele........could you possibly be a little more yawn inducing?

@supremeaxiom 10 лет назад

This movie sucked.. I didn't find it nearly as funny as ted or other sethmcfarland stuff..after the scene where they were shooting the run away slaves I stopped watching.. that was completly racist and uncalled for.