You’ll find yourself saying, “No way! Was that-?!” And yes, it was.
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST MOVIE
Overall, this is a fun and laid-back movie sprinkled with fantastic cameos left and right. You’ll have to see A Million Ways to Die in the West to find out whether Albert wins the duel, what happens when Clinch finds out Anna helped him, and whether or not Ruth and Edward ever have sex. This plan is supposed to play out at the weekend fair, where people apparently always die, but instead ends with Albert challenging Foy to a duel. While at the saloon, a fight breaks out and Albert ends up saving Anna from several falling drunk guys, and a friendship is born.Īnna decides to help Albert win Louise back by making her jealous. While scoping out the towns surrounding Old Stump, Clinch sends one of his lackeys along with his wife Anna (Charlize Theron) to lay low in Old Stump for the time being.įeeling down about being dumped and hating the Wild West for all its sickness, wild animals, and death, our hero Albert sits at the local saloon with Edward and Ruth drowning his sorrows and planning his newly decided move to San Francisco. Meanwhile, the infamous Clinch Leatherwood (Liam Neeson) conspires nearby to find and steal gold with his gang of bandits. Hilarious hypocrisy ensues: despite Ruth’s profession, she and Edward have never had sex because they are unwed Christians and that would be wrong (oh no! Not premarital relations!) Next, we’re introduced to Albert’s best friend Edward (Giovanni Ribisi), a naïve, God-fearing simpleton, and his girlfriend Ruth (Sarah Silverman), a dopey yet chipper prostitute at the local saloon.
Our hero, Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane), chickens out of a duel, consequently losing his girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried) to the rich, mustache-grooming fiend, Foy (Neil Patrick Harris). Sparing no time at all, we’re immediately witnessing a good ol’ fashioned gunfight playing out in the town of Old Stump in 1882. The movie begins like a typical classic western with beautiful camera shots of the great frontier and a very rousing, patriotic musical score roaring in the background. Despite the low-brow potty humor and sex jokes, A Million Ways to Die in the West boasts golden nuggets of religious satire buried for the more observant audience members to keep them chuckling long after the credits roll. Say what you will about my humor, but haters beware: I laughed hysterically at this movie and you just might too. Despite all of this, the movie does give its characters some redeeming qualities, and themes of friendship, real love, and believing in yourself run through the film.Seth MacFarlane is a genius. And as the title suggests, violence in the Wild West is the overarching theme of the story, so there are deaths due to gun and knife violence, random animal attacks, natural disasters, and more. Characters drink, smoke, and do drugs (with some consequences shown for the latter). Although there's only one nude scene (a man's behind), there are tons of references to sex - including prostitution, oral sex, and virginity - throughout the movie. There's near-constant profanity, including crass terms for sex, genitalia, and sexual positions (as well as "f-k," "s-t," and all the other usual suspects). Parents need to know that A Million Ways to Die in the West is a raunchy comedy from star-director-producer Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) that's guaranteed to appeal to teens, despite (or, frankly, because of) the extremely crude content.
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