Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) by Jacob — 12 Jun 2014

The film has a few laughs here and there but ultimately the film was disappointing. This comedy commits the ultimate crime of not being hilarious or very funny. There are a few jokes but not enough to the point where I could recommend this movie.

This is disappointing because Seth McFarlene was written some great stuff such as Family Guy and Ted. The trailer was so alive and full of energy and outside of maybe one or two scenes I rarely got that.

Instead I got a dumb comedy that at times was bad with a generic story that doesn’t lend itself well to satire and paper thin characters that aren’t interesting and don’t lend themselves to many jokes.

I’m not going to sit here and tell you not to see it because film is subjective and comedy is really subjective as my Dad liked the film and my younger brother loved it. So if you are pumped for this film go and see it.

However, unless you are a die hard McFarlene fan I’d recommend waiting until it comes out on DVD. Go spend/save your money as there are a lot of films out there, which look a lot better than this one like X-Men Days of Future Past and most recently How to Train Your Dragon 2.

If you do choose to go see this film in theaters and you aren’t a McFarlene fan I only have one piece of advice, which is to lower your expectations.