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100As irresistible as Chan is irrepressible. In a movie season in which, it seems, all the blockbusters boast wheels, it's a treat to see a movie that has legs.
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90Wilson is flat-out hilarious, playing this cowboy like a surfer dude zapped back in time.
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90Unstintingly funny -- far more so than the wince-worthy trailer -- owing to Chan's pairing with droll indie eccentric Owen Wilson, as his would-be gunslinger sidekick.
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90Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western.
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90A refreshing movie that's so good natured, so confident of its ability to provoke not queasy awe or numb exhaustion but pure delight.
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90He's (Wilson) a terrific sidekick to Chan's funny, earnest, often victimized righteousness. This kid could be a star.
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90This enjoyable East-meets-Western likely will succeed on its own terms as a sure-fire, long-legged crowd-pleaser.
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90Childishly simple, but extremely funny.
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90It's an inspired pairing. Wilson is electric as he seduces Chan into a partnership in this self-consciously crafted western, whose cleverness is only part of what makes it so funny.
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88There's plenty of invention and exuberant vigor in the chopsocky, and Wilson's cool, ironic drollery provides the perfect foil for Chan's heroics.
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83The film is still a wonderful lark filled with an ingredient most summer blockbusters lack -- likability.
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80Jackie Chan's latest teams him up in 1880s America with Owen Wilson -- and gives a giddy glimpse of what he'll be doing after he gets too old to do his death-defying stunts.
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80Lets Jackie Chan have some fun, ride a horse and frolic in the American West. And when Jackie's having fun, at least some of it trickles down to us.
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75If you see only one martial arts Western this year (and there is probably an excellent chance of that), this is the one.
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75The first hit movie western of the new century - wins us with a wink. It leaves you in a bright, happily cross-cultural mood. Adios, amigos. And vaya con Jackie Chan.
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75The most enjoyable western comedy since "Blazing Saddles."
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75This is almost Mel Brooks territory: The frontiersmen think the Chinese are Jews, while the white settlers think it's the Crow Indians who are. Whoosh!
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75Funny enough that it could make buddy pictures respectable again.
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75This one looks like a sure bet for seven weeks (at least) of audience good fortune.
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75The martial arts wizard shows a nice feel for the Butch and Sundance thing.
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75This is one of the few recent westerns that requires you to keep your eyes open and memory engaged.
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75He (Chan) still can turn a silly little action comedy like this into a high-spirited, butt-kicking good time.
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70A modest pleasure, driven by a jumble of Old West signifiers and goofball modern flourishes.
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67It's Wilson's film all the way. He's brings an unexpected frisson of surfer-esque chutzpah to the role of Roy, a bad guy with good intentions, a cowboy who, dammit, just wants to be loved.
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63A silly buddy caper that should delight the adolescent at heart, even if some of the jokes have been sitting too long in the desert sun.
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60A trifle at best, a lightweight, wink-wink amalgam of myriad other films, some of which have even starred Chan and Wilson.
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55Given a decent script, they might make a fun summer movie. Given the script for Shanghai Noon, they've come up with a middling Old West oater that falls flat at least as often as it finds the funny bone.
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50Chan's string of chop-socky films were never boring. Shanghai Noon is.
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50Lacks confidence in its own much bigger, potentially fascinating story -- an American tale of pageantry and history.
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40It's too bad screenwriters Gough and Millar didn't have enough faith in their premise to play it straight; if they had, they might have produced a classic rather than a "Blazing Saddles" without the courage of its convictions.
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CatherineK.10This movie rocks!!! enough said.