Shanghai Noon

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.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Childishly simple, but extremely funny.

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.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Jackie Chan's best American picture to date, breathes fresh life into the virtually dormant comedy-western.

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.

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.

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.

Time Richard Schickel

He's (Wilson) a terrific sidekick to Chan's funny, earnest, often victimized righteousness. This kid could be a star.

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.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

The film is still a wonderful lark filled with an ingredient most summer blockbusters lack -- likability.

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.

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.

San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego

Funny enough that it could make buddy pictures respectable again.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

The most enjoyable western comedy since "Blazing Saddles."

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.

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.

USA Today Mike Clark

This one looks like a sure bet for seven weeks (at least) of audience good fortune.

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.

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!

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

This is one of the few recent westerns that requires you to keep your eyes open and memory engaged.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The martial arts wizard shows a nice feel for the Butch and Sundance thing.

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

A modest pleasure, driven by a jumble of Old West signifiers and goofball modern flourishes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Miami Herald Curtis Morgan

Chan's string of chop-socky films were never boring. Shanghai Noon is.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lacks confidence in its own much bigger, potentially fascinating story -- an American tale of pageantry and history.

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.