Wagons East!

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Wagons East!

PG-13,

1994,

1h 46m,

Comedy/

Western

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When a group of dissatisfied settlers decides they've had enough of the Wild West, they hire James Harlow, an alcoholic wagon master, to take them back East. The eclectic but happy bunch includes Dr. Phil, prostitute Belle and openly gay man Julian. But the railroad investors don't want it getting out that the West isn't a nice place, so they do everything they can to make sure the group never makes it to their destination.

Critics Consensus

Wagons East! is a witless, toothless satire of Westerns that falls far below the standard set by Blazing Saddles, and is notable only for being John Candy's final screen performance.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

May 22, 2013

1/4

[An] anemic Blazing Saddles-wannabe.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

May 22, 2013

2/5

A poorly focused and rhythmless collection of vignettes, Wagons East! does contain a few funny ideas and some decent performances that simply are not enough to rescue the movie.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

May 22, 2013

A stridently unfunny western comedy that is equally lame in its writing and direction.

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

Feb 25, 2022

1.5/4

The stunning Mexican scenery is gorgeous, but only works against the comedic mood.

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Dennis King

Tulsa World

Jul 15, 2014

1/4

The jokes here sound a lot funnier than they play.

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Gary Thompson

Philadelphia Daily News

May 22, 2013

1/4

Awful. A candidate for one of the year's worst movies.

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Hagrid S

Apr 5, 2019

A horrible satire western where the joke fall flat. Only notable thing about this film is that it is Candy's last, which is a shame for both the audience and Candy.

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Hermione S

Dec 3, 2017

Yeesh... It really is as lame as people say. What a sad movie for Candy to go out on...

Abraham P

May 24, 2017

Jesus Christ, I think we finally found out what killed John Candy. What a train wreck of a movie. It was so bad, the store I tried to sell it to didn't want to buy it; I ended up giving the DVD to some random person walking by. I hope they're OK...

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Han R

Apr 14, 2017

An enjoyable and amusing movie! And I thought it had some great characters in it.

Hagrid W

Feb 1, 2014

Could have been better for John's final movie, but, had a few laughs

Harry M

Mar 4, 2010

One of John Candy's worst movies. It isn't very funny and is not something I want to see again. (First and only viewing - 2/14/2011)

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Peter Markle

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John Candy

James Harlow

Richard Lewis

Phil Taylor

John C. McGinley

Julian

Ellen Greene

Belle

Robert Picardo

Ben Wheeler

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Synopsis

When a group of dissatisfied settlers decides they've had enough of the Wild West, they hire James Harlow, an alcoholic wagon master, to take them back East. The eclectic but happy bunch includes Dr. Phil, prostitute Belle and openly gay man Julian. But the railroad investors don't want it getting out that the West isn't a nice place, so they do everything they can to make sure the group never makes it to their destination.

Director: Peter Markle
Producer: Gary Goodman, Bobby Newmyer, Barry Rosen, Jeffrey Silver
Screenwriter: Matthew Carlson
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures Inc., Outlaw Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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