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Very Funny Movie!
When this movie came out in the 60's, the tag line for the ad was, "Is this any way to make a funny movie? You bet it is!" That is so true, even 40 years later!!

A very funny offbeat western!
This original script became a cult movie from its instantaneous release. Lee Marvin received the Academy Award and also the coveted Silver Bear as Best Actor.

It's a true treat!


hard to pick what's worse, the script for this movie or that hideous mop on Lee Marvin's head
This movie was a terrible disappointment for me. It aspires to be some weird fusion of a traditional Western and a madcap spoof à la A Hard Day's Night and totally falls flat. The duo of Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye pop up during pivotal moments of the show singing a series of forgettable ditties that grate on the nerves as the movie wears on. Lee Marvin spends most of the time balancing himself unsteadily on his horse and acting like the proverbial town drunk. It's a charmless and clichéd performance unworthy even of a high school thespian. I have to wonder if Academy members were sucking on the same bottle as Marvin's character, Kid Shelleen, before handing him the Oscar for this dreadful piece of acting. Most of the supporting cast is also weak, or maybe it's just the quality of the material they're forced to work with that makes them seem so. Jane Fonda is really the only reason to watch this film. She plays the archetypal naive schoolmarm who falls in with the wrong crowd, but despite the role's limitations she delivers her lines with moxie and pluck. It's a joy simply to watch her gesticulate, so captivating are her charms. Too bad her talents and Marvin's are wasted in this tedious farce of a farce. If you want to watch an intelligent Western that successfully mixes snarky humour with action and suspense, try Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid instead.

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