Billy Crystal,
Daniel Stern,
Bruno Kirby,
Patricia Wettig,
Helen Slater
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City Slickers blends sight gags, one-liners, and sincerity, with both humor and drama arising from the characters and their situations. Mitch (Billy Crystal) is a radio station sales executive who fin... read more
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Release Date: June 7, 1991
DVD Release Date: February 4, 1999
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January 4, 2012An absolute classic that's too corny once in a while, but only because it's playing with conventions of the cowboy genre (baked beans, singalongs, cattle drives, Jack Palance, etc.). Billy Crystal is not one of my favourite actors, but we see a real growth in him as he pulls hims... read more
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June 27, 2011Three friends in a mid-life crisis goes on a Wild West adventure together, to re-ignite their lost passions for life. This isn't really a Western movie in the classic sense though, but more like a fish-out-of-water comedy, with influences from said genre. It does have the same fe... read more
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March 15, 2011Totally strange, although I really enjoy Billy Crystal Movies I have trouble with this Movie. Everyone says it is funny, I watched it couple of times, okay it is funny but not funny "Laugh your Buttocks off." It is just a chuckle thing for me.
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August 2, 2010The wittiest of buddy comedies, it features the lovable Billy Crystal trying to find something lost within himself, which is amendable. Can't wait to see the sequel!
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September 14, 2009The shining moment of Billy Crystal's career in my book, love both of the movies in this series.
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March 4, 2008Good "Guy" flick, excellent conversations with boring plot, but its entertaining.
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July 14, 2007Billy Crystal decides to go to a dude ranch while experiencing a mid-life crisis and undergoes the usual lightly comic life lessons. worth seeing for Jack Palance sending himself up as a grizzled old cowpoke.
Critic Reviews
June 9, 2011
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
December 18, 2010
Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media
Lassos midlife-crisis laughs; teens and up. Full Review
June 2, 2008
Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Slant Magazine
A comedy that was and is ambitious and counterintuitive. Full Review
June 30, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The movie begins as a mildly amusing comedy about spoiled city brats taking a cattle drive before turning into a serio and predictable tale about mid-life crisis and male camaraderie. Full Review
June 28, 2005
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
silly entertainment
June 8, 2004
Sarah Chauncey, Reel.com
Somehow it never gets old.
November 5, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
I found almost nothing funny about this film. Palance's performance saved it.
July 6, 2003
Gerry Shamray, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Good fun.
February 19, 2003
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
A fun outing, with Jack Palance's Oscar-winning performance the main attraction.
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