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Shanghai Noon
EMAILPRINTBuena Vista Pictures

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 9 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Western
Written by:
Miles Millar
Alfred Gough
Directed by: Tom Dey
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 26, 2000
DVD: October 10, 2000
Running Time: 110 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for action violence, some drug humor, language and sensuality
Starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Rafael Baez, and Lucy Liu
Imperial Guardsman Wang (Chan) winds up in a party sent to Carson City to ransom a princess.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Shanghai Knights
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
A refreshing movie that's so good natured, so confident of its ability to provoke not queasy awe or numb exhaustion but pure delight.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jessica Winter
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.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Wilson is flat-out hilarious, playing this cowboy like a surfer dude zapped back in time.
Variety Joe Leydon
This enjoyable East-meets-Western likely will succeed on its own terms as a sure-fire, long-legged crowd-pleaser.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
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.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
He's (Wilson) a terrific sidekick to Chan's funny, earnest, often victimized righteousness. This kid could be a star.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
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.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
The film is still a wonderful lark filled with an ingredient most summer blockbusters lack -- likability.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
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.
Read Full Review >Film.com Sean Means
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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego
Funny enough that it could make buddy pictures respectable again.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
The most enjoyable western comedy since "Blazing Saddles."
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
If you see only one martial arts Western this year (and there is probably an excellent chance of that), this is the one.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
This one looks like a sure bet for seven weeks (at least) of audience good fortune.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
He (Chan) still can turn a silly little action comedy like this into a high-spirited, butt-kicking good time.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
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!
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
This is one of the few recent westerns that requires you to keep your eyes open and memory engaged.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
The martial arts wizard shows a nice feel for the Butch and Sundance thing.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
A modest pleasure, driven by a jumble of Old West signifiers and goofball modern flourishes.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
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.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
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.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
A trifle at best, a lightweight, wink-wink amalgam of myriad other films, some of which have even starred Chan and Wilson.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark
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.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
Chan's string of chop-socky films were never boring. Shanghai Noon is.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lacks confidence in its own much bigger, potentially fascinating story -- an American tale of pageantry and history.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Steve Simels
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.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it an8:
Jackie holds the screen well. At times, this comedy actually feels like a serious epic.
Catherine K. gave it a 10:
This movie rocks!!! enough said.
Yoon C. gave it a 4:
Inferior Jackie Chan vehicle watered down for American audience. Mostly lame jokes, politically correct humor, and lukewarm Chan acrobatics.
Douf D. gave it a 10:
It's great and everyone one should see the comedy.
Richard gave it a 6:
A much better and less frenetic pairing than Tucker/Chan in the "Rush Hour" films. Wilson's odd turn of phrase and Chan's instant likeability put this a cut above the odd couple genre.
Dan F. gave it a 0:
It's stupid and that's the bottom line.
