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38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 25
  3. Negative: 11 out of 25
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  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    80
    Lots of laughs, lots of fisticuffs, lots of cool toys, lots of stuff getting blown up: Who could ask for anything more from a summer movie?
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    An entertainingly offbeat blend of 19th-century science fiction and Hope and Crosby Road comedies.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    75
    A sly variation on the buddy movie.
  4. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    70
    A movie that's dazzling as you watch it and immediately unsatisfying afterward.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    The film's gadgetry is pricier, but the leering is strictly the Playboy joke page circa 1967.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    60
    The film sacrifices playfulness and humor to concentrate on a relentless display of elaborate but ho-hum gadgets and gizmos.
  7. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Hal Hinson
    60
    Those expecting the quick wit and inventiveness of the television series will certainly be disappointed.
  8. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    The movie's problem is that it's a cartoon, offering no emotional involvement with its characters and no dramatic imperative.
  9. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    50
    A wild, wanton and wasteful western farce that's so overblown and underwritten it almost makes you cringe to watch it.
  10. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    50
    These pictures need a light touch and a lot of attitude, but this time you can hear heavy breathing in the background.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    The quintessential cotton candy movie: It's pleasant, brightly colored and the minute it's done it's as though it were never there.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    50
    It cares far more about herding audiences into theaters than about what they hear or see.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    As impressive as the industrial-style special effects may be, they're both too much and not enough for this mild mild West.
  14. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Andrea C. Basora
    40
    A mish-mash of special effects, tasteless comedy and pointless action.
  15. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    38
    Wild Wild West isn't just a bad adaptation of a TV series; it's a bad film.
  16. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    33
    The fusion of cheekiness and deliberately overscaled fantasy never jells.
  17. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    30
    The script by S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock (Ghost Dad) is so jumbled and the direction so chaotic that it's often hard to tell what's going on -- where, when, and why.
  18. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    30
    From the look of this film, its prime appreciators will be heavy-metal futurist dweebs.
  19. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    30
    The humor is, at best, thudding. At its worst, it's breathtakingly stupid and offensive.
  20. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    25
    All concept and no content.
  21. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    20
    Wild Wild Waste is more like it. Waste of time, waste of money and colossal waste of talent.
  22. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    20
    A rambling wreck from computer tech and a helluva souvenir –- that is, for those interested in artifacts representing the American movie at its worst.
  23. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Ron Wells
    10
    Aside from the pesky problems of tone and lazy writing, the whole move is a little choppy.
  24. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    10
    So extremely stupid and incompetent, I doubt that even the most impartial critic could find much to praise.
  25. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    10
    The movie is exhausting, utterly without feeling, and pointless -- though Smith looks great in his Western outfit.
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4.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
  1. AndrewR
    10
    One of my favorite comedy/sci-fi movies of all time.
  2. Loise
    0
    It may be me but I do not like this movie (except for Rodney A Grant as Hudson). The story is very thin and the laughs are cheap. The movie contains great actors so it could have been so mush better… Full Review »
  3. InfernapeLover
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. While the plot is a mess, the movie is the perfect summer flick in my opinion. Great action, good humor ( with the exception of the "tough my breast" part), fantastic art direction, costume design and special effects, very cool gadgets , and the creative talents of Will Smith, Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh. Overall, Wild Wild West is brainless fun at the movies, not anything else. And if all your expectations are to watch a brainless summer film, then Wild Wild West is perfect film for you.… Full Review »
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