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Wild Wild West (1999)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:4

Rotten:20

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Thin character development and worse the comedy isn't funny.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Special government agent James West (Will Smith), long on charm and wit, and special government agent Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline), a master of disguises and a brilliant inventor of gadgets large... Special government agent James West (Will Smith), long on charm and wit, and special government agent Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline), a master of disguises and a brilliant inventor of gadgets large and small, are each sent to track down the diabolical genius Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh). Loveless is plotting to assassinate the President of the United States with the aid of his monstrously huge walking weapon-transport vehicle called The Tarantula.

West and Gordon begin as competitors but soon pool their talents to become a wily team of operatives who trust each other…most of the time.

The beautiful and mysterious entertainer Rita Escobar (Salma Hayek) complicates matters for the duo as she insinuates herself into their plans to capture Loveless. And Loveless has his own deadly team of lovely distractions -- Miss East (Bai Ling), Amazonia (Frederique Van Der Wal), Munitia (Musetta Vander) and Miss Lippenreider (Sofia Eng) -- whose unique attributes each pose a threat to the lives of West and Gordon [More]

Starring: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek

Starring: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Ted Levine, M. Emmet Walsh

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
Producer: Jon Peters, Barry Sonnenfeld
Composer: Elmer Bernstein

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10/30/06
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Wild Wild Worst, Worst Worst West, Vile Vile West -- I haven't decided which is my favourite alternate title but they all apply to this hulking, overblown piece of celluloid garbage.

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A film where the concept came first and the script -- and everything else -- seems to have finished a poor second.

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05/18/08
Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins
Empire Magazine
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Some very talented people stub their collective toes quite elaborately and expensively in Wild Wild West.

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05/18/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Ruled by increasingly ghoulish special effects, it leaves reality so far behind that its storytelling would be arbitrary even by comic-book standards, and its characters share no common ground or emotional connection.

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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Few things are potentially more dangerous to the health of a studio picture than giving a director and a star enough rope to hang themselves.

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Kenneth Turan
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Los Angeles Times
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All concept and no content!

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The Wild, Wild West is a rambling wreck from computer tech and a helluva souvenir – that is, for those interested in artifacts representing the American movie at its worst.

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Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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A wild, wild mess!

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Susan Wloszczyna
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USA Today
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