Wild Wild West

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Wild Wild West

PG-13,

1999,

1h 46m,

Action/

Western/

Comedy/

Adventure/

Sci-Fi

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17%

127 Reviews

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28%

250,000+ Ratings

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17%

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127 Reviews

28%

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250,000+ Ratings

When President Ulysses S. Grant (Kevin Kline) learns that diabolical inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) is planning to assassinate him, he orders Civil War hero James West (Will Smith) and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon (also Kline) to arrest him. West's trigger-happy personality doesn't always mesh well with that of the thoughtful Gordon, but they manage to work together. And with the help of a mysterious stranger (Salma Hayek), West and Gordon close in on Loveless.

Critics Consensus

Bombastic, manic, and largely laugh-free, Wild Wild West is a bizarre misfire in which greater care was lavished upon the special effects than on the script.

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Terrence Rafferty

The New Yorker

Jun 17, 2014

The movie is exhausting, utterly without feeling, and pointless -- though Smith looks great in his Western outfit.

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Paul Clinton (CNN.com)

CNN.com

Jun 17, 2014

The result? A cautionary tale about boys and their toys and what happens when a star, Will Smith, and a director, Barry Sonnenfeld, are given way too much money to play with.

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Jun 17, 2014

Wild, Wild West poses this not very pressing question: Can a comedy costing something north of $100 million hope to succeed solely on the basis of special effects, cross-dressing and a vertically challenged villain?

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Nov 1, 2021

2/5

In the end, the only relief is that Sonnenfeld is a director who believed that movies should be short.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 23, 2017

A god awful committee made action film that falls apart at the seams by every passing minute.

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Hagrid W

Mar 19, 2019

a bit weak but I still enjoyed it thematically as an old WWW fan

Han R

Dec 24, 2018

This is a big classic Better than every other movie

Hagrid R

Dec 17, 2018

Ponderous, dull and historically insulting. At one point Smith talks his way out of potential lynching. Not appropriate for a comedy.

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Jun 27, 2018

Really ambitious for its time and full of brand-new ideas, Wild Wild West was an original take on the western genre, starring both ugly and mad villains, funny dialogues and a god-damn giant robot spider. Also one of the coolest soundtracks directly delivered by the Smith himself. Warning: because of some really gruesome scenes, this movie is not suitable for kids.

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May 1, 2018

It's a western, but not as you would expect it to be. Crossdressing, steampunk, twists and explosions, sure it's entertaining, but that's all there's to it.

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Kylo R

Mar 1, 2018

This movie gets a lot of flack for not having direction or meaning. However, I think this misses the point. Wild Wild West has such a clear direction in making something fun, different, and make a western FUN. No, it's not as great as it could have been, and has weak dialogue in many places, but it's fun, and incredibly enjoyable and GO WATCH IT.

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Barry Sonnenfeld

Director

Will Smith

Capt. James West

Kevin Kline

Artemus Gordon

Kenneth Branagh

Dr. Arliss Loveless

Salma Hayek

Rita Escobar

Ted Levine

General "Bloodbath" McGrath

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Synopsis

When President Ulysses S. Grant (Kevin Kline) learns that diabolical inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) is planning to assassinate him, he orders Civil War hero James West (Will Smith) and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon (also Kline) to arrest him. West's trigger-happy personality doesn't always mesh well with that of the thoughtful Gordon, but they manage to work together. And with the help of a mysterious stranger (Salma Hayek), West and Gordon close in on Loveless.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter: Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Sonnenfeld Josephson Worldwide Ent., Peters Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Innuendo|Action/Violence|Sex References)
Genre: Action, Western, Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $113.8M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, SDDS, DTS-ES, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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