Wild Wild West

  • 1999


MOVIE IS incoherent historical gargantuan lifeless technical
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33 %
17 % Rotten
$ 222 Million
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Positive Reviews 15
Negative reviews 30
Average Rating 2.2/5
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1.0
Featuring some of the worst one liners this side of The New Laugh Inand some of the least funny bits of cross dressing this side of a fraternity talen .. Av Club
1.8
Wild Wild West, a loose takeoff on the popular 60s TV series, would like to conjure a surreal collision of Western and sci fi, but the movie is strait .. EW
1.3
The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen. Rogerebert
2.0
Wild Wild West has a weak, weak script.It is not unusual to see a trailer that is better than the movie, but in this case the music video is brighter, .. Common Sense Media
1.5
It hasnt got the heart to be a western; it hasnt got the style to be a tech thriller, and it certainly isnt funny enough to be a comedy. The Guardian
1.0
Wild Wild Waste is more like it.Waste of time, waste of money and colossal waste of talent.
1.0
And stupid where it should be smart.And its so dull it feels as if its running time should be measured with a calendar, not a clock.
1.5
Still, watching the film in a packed screening the other evening, I couldnt shake the niggling feeling that something, somewhere, was missing.
3.8
The term Will Smith action comedy doesnt quite do Wild Wild West justice.Contraption comedy is more like it. San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
Theres the slimmest excuse for a plot here, but in classic blockbuster fashion it only serves the bare purposes of bringing the main characters on scr .. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Theres not much else to say about the story.Its merely an excuse for a truly dazzling fusion of modelwork, matte and CGI, exemplified by the screen ea ..
2.5
2 STARS Theres such a thing as overspending, and the lavishly produced Wild Wild West is a prime example.The money showered on special effects and per .. Ny Daily News
1.9
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
1.3
The movie is just an expensive, slick, shiny lump that sits there and doesnt do anything. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.2
Northam creates a truly decent man, humble and a perfect civil servant.
3.1
It is not a good film, but it isnt a disaster like last years The Avengers, either. Lariat
2.0
Jim Lane By This article was published on 06.07.01 Advertisement The gimmicky, light hearted 1960s TV series comes to the screen as an ungainly, clank .. News Review
2.0
The script is remorselessly smutty, the one liners are below average (No more Mr Knife Guy) and the giant mechanical spider climax endlessly drawn out .. Radio Times
2.0
Not only is it completely unbelievable and incongruous with the setting, but its nothing more than effects for effects sakes and simply serves as fill .. Screen It
1.0
The action sequences are joyless, lifeless and utterly perfunctory, as if everyone involved were just fulfilling the terms of a contract they wish the .. New York Post
2.5
Its a shoot em up western, its an effects laden sci fi thriller, its a lavish period costumer, its a madcap Jules Verne like adventure, its a crash an .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
And in its place, this extremely uneven action adventure/comedy substitutes bigger is better (and at times, overly gimmicky) storytelling, lame visual .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.5
Its not that the story itself is particularly boring, but the execution is.
1.9
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l .. Q Network
1.0
Its tough to make out who exactly this movie was intended for, as it covers a lot of themes and plot elements and ends up absolutely incoherent. Cinema Crazed
3.0
But if a story is going to be that simple, why cant it have cleaner edges Salon
1.0
Its neither funny nor exciting, just over bloated nonsense that succeeds in being simply annoying.
1.5
But dont expect any great moments of dramatic resolution in this subtly civilized contribution to the genre that will be with us into the next millenn .. Observer
2.5
This is not to say that the film is not worth a look; it is a diverting work of great ingenuity and invention. Mr Brown Movies
1.9
Too bad what we are watching within these technical aspects is devoid of any original ideas, and rarely any sort of comedic wit. The Movie Boy
2.0
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1.5
The result A cautionary tale about boys and their toys and what happens when a star, Will Smith, and a director, Barry Sonnenfeld, are given way too m .. Cnn
2.5
Its just too bad director Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black) forgot to invite the audience to the party.For all its $100 million plus budget of stunts, r .. Spliced Wire
2.5
And while the kooky storyline certainly has an efficient way of moving between characters and propelling the plot forward, its really the various acto .. Reel Film
3.1
Thats a tribute to Hollywoods blindness to any color that isnt green, and the movies sense of history lies so lightly over its sight gags, vulgar brea .. Movies Tv Guide
5.0
The credits for Wild Wild West are mostly exemplary, and yet the screenplay is swill. La Weekly
3.1
These characters havent much more depth than that.But if youre looking for a script thick with intrigue and dimension, then youre looking in the wrong .. Ross Anthony
3.8
Wild Wild West might be ill conceived and forgettable, but it makes for a satisfying summer moviegoing experience. Montreal Film Journal
3.0
Wild Wild West is a farce thats occasionally funny, often in a rather laboured way, occasionally thrilling and more than occasionally puerile. Sbs
4.0
The sheer fun generated by the characterizations will provide enough entertainment value for the average moviegoer. Film Quips Online
2.5
The result is that Wild Wild West gets its proportions wrong.As clumsy and top heavy as the 80 foot high mechanical tarantula that is its prize specia .. La Times
1.9
Maybe because of its sheer energy and maniacal style who knows.But Wild Wild West is merely lame . . . Scifi Movie Page
2.5
The movie strives to be gargantuan western camp, and it does have a gorgeous overall look. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.5
Teen ripped out relatives eyes with his bare hands, police say The victim was missing both eyes and multiple teeth when he was found by police. Rochester Goes Out
1.0
His camerawork in the 1984 Coen Brothers Blood Simple remains some of the most imaginative and exciting in film history. Nitrate Online
3.1
It has its ups and downs but never makes it over the big climactic hill. Seattle Times
1.0
is this years Godzilla, Avengers and Spice World all rolled into one. Its the disappointment of the summer, the worst TV adaptation in recent memory a .. Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.1
Locomotion Wild Will Smith wears the pants, and the attitude, in Wild Wild West..It wont put the fireworks in the holiday weekend, but its a fun train .. Articles Baltimore Sun
2.0
Forget about originality.Forget, even, about quality entertainment. Articles Sun Sentinel
1.3
Michael Ballhaus cinematography is a mess, albeit a mess with nice clarity. Paloalto Online
2.0
The depressing answer, given the apparently endless supply of adolescents with nothing better to do in the summer, is probably yes. Content Time
4.5
From the green and gold wallpaper of a New Orleans mansion to the gorgeous wrought iron railings on the bridge of Loveless enormous steam driven spide .. Bfi
3.8
Sometimes you just want to get out of the heat, turn your brain off for two hours, and enjoy something light and silly. Angel Fire
3.5
What is worth praising is a level of visual invention and narrative spark thats rare for an expensive summer time waster. Film Vault
2.5
As it is, this version seems remarkably flat, without much suspense along the way to its ultimate climax. Cleve Scene
2.5
Too many elements remain unexplained, and it cant really take four screenwriters to come up with this for Smith, while hes battling five assassins: Th .. Laprensa Sandiego



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