A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014 Directed by Seth MacFarlane

Bring protection.

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

Seth MacFarlane Charlize Theron Liam Neeson Amanda Seyfried Neil Patrick Harris Giovanni Ribisi Sarah Silverman Evan Jones Rex Linn Alex Borstein Aaron McPherson Christopher Hagen Ralph Garman Wes Studi Matt Clark Brett Rickaby John Aylward Jay Patterson Amick Byram Dennis Haskins Gilbert Gottfried Ewan McGregor John Michael Higgins Julius Sharpe Mike Miller Ardy Brent Carlson Alec Sulkin Tatanka Means Ivan Brutsche Show All…

Alternative Titles

百万种硬的方式, Un golpe de talento, Pueblo Chico, Pistola Grande, 夺命西, Hogyan rohanj a veszTEDbe, 百萬種硬的方式

western comedy

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Review by Matt Singer ★★ 1

Y'know what Seth MacFarlane is? He's a bully who thinks he's a victim. He casts himself here as a poor put-upon farmer, who is unfairly mistreated and dumped by a girlfriend despite the fact that he is sweet and kind and sensitive (or at least as sweet and kind and sensitive as man who makes occasional anti-Semitic jokes can be).
It would be one thing if MacFarlane used the regressive attitudes of the West to poke fun at bigots even a single time in this movie. But the West isn't a platform for satire here; it's an excuse to tell offensive jokes because "that's what people were like back then." MacFarlane's character hates the West, but I think MacFarlane himself…
Review by Evan ½ 11

Painfully unfunny. It was seriously a total struggle just to finish the damn movie. It really is THAT bad. Seth MacFarlane had self indulgence radiating off of him during the entire film.
Review by DirkH ★ 3

, But Not One Way To Shoot A Funny Comedy.
, Killing All Jokes In The Process.
, Is What McFarlane Said About His Career.
, With Watching This Film Holding The Nr. 1 Spot.

(Ba dum tss)
Review by Mario ★★★ 6

I'm pretty sure this was the first movie I saw in cinema together with my good movie buddy @Mihaka, but he won't believe me. Fucking prick.
Review by QDB ★

When logging this film I considered pressing the heart icon and then I realized that not hating something isn't the same as liking it. The film has a few good laughs and is loaded with cool cameos but overall it's pretty bad.
Review by Florin Scanlon ★★★ 13

It's easy to make me laugh. Just show me a feather and I'll already beg you to stop tickling me. Show me youtube clips of people falling on their asses and I'll have a riot. But most of all, put me in a theater where a comedy is playing, and no matter how bad it may be it will still make me laugh. It will probably take a few dozens of comedies seen in the theater before this magical effect wears off. Or maybe I'll always have a good time. That's why I'm going to see it, to have a good time, I'm going in ready to laugh and it's going to take a really bad comedy to make me…
Review by Scott Anderson ½ 7

I understand comedy is subjective, and normally I can appreciate the concept of to each their own, what I may love others may loathe and vice versa...but seriously, fuck this movie, this awful, painfully unfunny nonsense. Everything Seth MacFarlane has done prior to this garbage is now rendered meaningless. He doesn't earn a pass for this pile of shit because he made Family Guy and a decently funny movie about a talking teddy bear. It may be difficult to watch anything associated with the man again, past or future work, because at this moment even hearing his voice makes me feel ashamed of what passes as comedic material these days.
Is it possible this was done intentionally as a joke?…
Review by Mikael Stånggren ★★★½

Once upon a time in the West there was a Seth MacFarlane comedy that took the 3:10 to Yuma, but ended up in I've-seen-it-before-ville. A not-so-life-friendly place where a sheep herder inclined to shaking in his boots eventually finds his true grit, subduing foes, fears and f'd up hallucinations.
There's good, bad and ugly in this film. Mostly good, heavens be praised, but also a weak and predictable storyline that does like Sarah Silverman's character in the house of ill repute: blows like there's no tomorrow.
Laughs come in all shapes and sizes. Weird, revolting, brutal and occasionally hilarious. Like any episode of Family Guy, however, there's also a dominant chunk of miniscule chuckles and tumbleweeds rolling by as some…
Review by 1̶̢̧͉̞̰͕̤̰̏̍͜ͅ%̸̢͈͉̖͚̗̦̻̼̫̍͂̔͝ ̸̨̡̲͙̠̭̺̝͕͇̊́̐̉̑̓͛̓͘͝ȍ̵̮̉̀̑̏͘͘f̶̹͉̩̯̗͙̗̼̈̒̍̆̍̕ ̷̼͈̖͈̟̔̽̒̄̿̓̌̚͝M̶̡̖̪̗͖̝̆̀͜o̶̮͕̦͛̈́̈́̏́͋̔͂̕͘n̴̛͉͍̳̦̈́̽̐̆̀̋̌s̸̨̠̽ţ̸̡̡͕̜͖̝̪̙͘͜͝e̶̿̈́͂͊͗ͅr̵̪͕̞̖̩͆ ★½ 3

This movie is as fun as contracting aids.
Review by colin... ½ 2

My girlfriend has a giant crush on Seth McFarlane and I think that's enough for me to disown her, right?
Review by Jay Cheel ★½

I had one single laugh throughout the runtime of this film, and it came from Bill Maher.
Otherwise, the drive in poutine was delicious as usual and it was great meeting longtime Film Junk listener Deven Seymour and his wife Kristine.
Review by James Haves ★ 3

A more accurate title would be:
About Five or Six Ways to Die in the West Repeated a Million Times

Recent reviews

Review by Artictive ★

Journalist: - What was the purpose of this film?
Director: - Purpose? Should I have one? I just wanted to kiss Charlize Theron!
Review by soph ★★½

this would’ve been so much better if they let ryan reynolds have a bigger part and if they didn’t try to make it some cutesy love story. seth was really self serving but he made some funny jokes so cheers for that i guess
Review by b9XFNwLtHw42 ★

Can somebody tell Seth that people randomly dying isn’t a legitimate form of comedy.
Review by mari ★★★½

i always forget abt this movie fell asleep watching it. what an interesting cast.
Review by nea ★

yeehaw charlize theron i wont u
Review by val ½

the Netflix preview showed Neil Patrick Harris intimidating human Brian the Dog, which was p funny since NPH is a funny dude. but when you watch the actual movie you realize it's basically Family Guy. first scene hits you with a lazy blowjob joke, and although it didn't have cutaways like what FG does, the cuts to show people's reactions felt like them
Seth Macfarlane also does these long spiels with anachronisms as if he hopes people will find wordiness funny but again, this is just Brian the Dog on Family Guy ranting about some dumb shit that doesn't have the decency to be funny
Review by Juaben Rodriguez ★★★½

Weird movie, but I do love the Django and Doc Brown cameo appearance.
Review by interlnk ★½

Considered bailing on this at least three times and should have trusted that instinct
Review by idontknownina ★★★★

i too would kill for charlize
Review by Mikkel Posselt ★

A terrible film. I have never seen a film use humor as shamelessly bad before. I don't understand how anyone can think this is worth a watch. I cringed at almost everything that came out of Seth Macfarlane's mouth. On top of that, the film is flat and boring to look at.
Review by Bennie Woodell ★★★★★

This was absolutely hilarious. I wish I hadn’t waited as long as I did to watch it.
Review by Dank Chef ★★★

People die at the state fair, last year we had to gun fights and a knife fight.