| 100 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
As 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.
|
| 90 |
Washington Post
Childishly simple, but extremely funny.
|
| 90 |
The New York Times
A refreshing movie that's so good natured, so confident of its ability to provoke not queasy awe or numb exhaustion but pure delight.
|
| 90 |
Los Angeles Times
Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western.
|
| 90 |
Village Voice
Unstintingly 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.
|
| 90 |
Rolling Stone
Wilson is flat-out hilarious, playing this cowboy like a surfer dude zapped back in time.
|
| 90 |
Variety
This enjoyable East-meets-Western likely will succeed on its own terms as a sure-fire, long-legged crowd-pleaser.
|
| 90 |
Chicago Reader
It'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.
|
| 90 |
Time
He's (Wilson) a terrific sidekick to Chan's funny, earnest, often victimized righteousness. This kid could be a star.
|
| 88 |
Boston Globe
There's plenty of invention and exuberant vigor in the chopsocky, and Wilson's cool, ironic drollery provides the perfect foil for Chan's heroics.
|
| 83 |
Portland Oregonian
The film is still a wonderful lark filled with an ingredient most summer blockbusters lack -- likability.
|
| 80 |
Salon.com
Jackie 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.
|
| 80 |
Film.com
Lets 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.
|
| 75 |
San Francisco Examiner
Funny enough that it could make buddy pictures respectable again.
|
| 75 |
New York Post
The most enjoyable western comedy since "Blazing Saddles."
|
| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
The 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.
|
| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
If you see only one martial arts Western this year (and there is probably an excellent chance of that), this is the one.
|
| 75 |
USA Today
This one looks like a sure bet for seven weeks (at least) of audience good fortune.
|
| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
He (Chan) still can turn a silly little action comedy like this into a high-spirited, butt-kicking good time.
|
| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
This 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!
|
| 75 |
Charlotte Observer
This is one of the few recent westerns that requires you to keep your eyes open and memory engaged.
|
| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
The martial arts wizard shows a nice feel for the Butch and Sundance thing.
|
| 70 |
LA Weekly
A modest pleasure, driven by a jumble of Old West signifiers and goofball modern flourishes.
|
| 67 |
Austin Chronicle
It'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.
|
| 63 |
New York Daily News
A 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.
|
| 60 |
Dallas Observer
A trifle at best, a lightweight, wink-wink amalgam of myriad other films, some of which have even starred Chan and Wilson.
|
| 55 |
Mr. Showbiz
Given 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.
|
| 50 |
Miami Herald
Chan's string of chop-socky films were never boring. Shanghai Noon is.
|
| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly
Lacks confidence in its own much bigger, potentially fascinating story -- an American tale of pageantry and history.
|
| 40 |
TV Guide
It'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.
|
