A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

Release date: 2014-05-30
Country: USA
Language: English|Navajo|Mandarin
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Production Co: Bluegrass Films, Fuzzy Door Productions, Media Rights Capital (MRC)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Rating: 6.1/10
Length: 1h 56min

Storyline

Set in 1882 in the American west, Albert is a lowly farmer with a nice girlfriend. But when she leaves him for the more successful and handsome owner of a moustachery store, Albert returns to his lonely daily life of trying to avoid death. Then the mysterious Anna rides into town and captures Albert's interest and heart, but with her deadly husband in town, Albert is going to have to become the western gun-slinging hero he never was. It won't be easy because there are a million ways to die in the west.

Plot Keywords

arizona territory, crushed to death, scatological humor, severed foot, drugged drink, reference to mark twain, shooting range, low self esteem, reference to jane austen, target practice, shot in the arm, male rear nudity, bare chested male, sexual humor, immolation, severed leg, diarrhea, freight train, murder of a police officer, impalement

Short Review

The one person who gets the balance right, weighing parody and homage, is the composer, Joel McNeely, whose opening theme stirs hopes and memories that the movie cannot match.