Wild Wild West
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: June 30, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film.comPeter Brunette
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? Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
An entertainingly offbeat blend of 19th-century science fiction and Hope and Crosby Road comedies. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
A sly variation on the buddy movie. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
A movie that's dazzling as you watch it and immediately unsatisfying afterward. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
The film's gadgetry is pricier, but the leering is strictly the Playboy joke page circa 1967. Read full review
60
New Times (L.A.)Hal Hinson
Those expecting the quick wit and inventiveness of the television series will certainly be disappointed. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
The film sacrifices playfulness and humor to concentrate on a relentless display of elaborate but ho-hum gadgets and gizmos. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The movie's problem is that it's a cartoon, offering no emotional involvement with its characters and no dramatic imperative. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A wild, wanton and wasteful western farce that's so overblown and underwritten it almost makes you cringe to watch it. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
These pictures need a light touch and a lot of attitude, but this time you can hear heavy breathing in the background. Read full review
50
The New York TimesElvis Mitchell
It cares far more about herding audiences into theaters than about what they hear or see. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The quintessential cotton candy movie: It's pleasant, brightly colored and the minute it's done it's as though it were never there. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
As impressive as the industrial-style special effects may be, they're both too much and not enough for this mild mild West. Read full review
40
NewsweekAndrea C. Basora
A mish-mash of special effects, tasteless comedy and pointless action. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Wild Wild West isn't just a bad adaptation of a TV series; it's a bad film. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The fusion of cheekiness and deliberately overscaled fantasy never jells. Read full review
30
Film.comErnest Hardy
The humor is, at best, thudding. At its worst, it's breathtakingly stupid and offensive. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
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. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
From the look of this film, its prime appreciators will be heavy-metal futurist dweebs. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
All concept and no content. Read full review
20
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Wild Wild Waste is more like it. Waste of time, waste of money and colossal waste of talent. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A rambling wreck from computer tech and a helluva souvenir –- that is, for those interested in artifacts representing the American movie at its worst. Read full review
10
Film ThreatRon Wells
Aside from the pesky problems of tone and lazy writing, the whole move is a little choppy. Read full review
10
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
So extremely stupid and incompetent, I doubt that even the most impartial critic could find much to praise. Read full review
10
The New YorkerDavid Denby
The movie is exhausting, utterly without feeling, and pointless -- though Smith looks great in his Western outfit. Read full review
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