City Slickers Reviews

1990

Rated:
60
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When a thoroughly urbanised executive (Billy Crystal) is struggling to find meaning in his life, his two best friends (Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby) find the perfect cure--a fantasy cowboy vacation. The three friends then rope and ride their way down a entertaining trail that leads to a better understanding of themselves and .. Read more

Starring	Daniel Stern, Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig
Director	Ron Underwood
Genres	Comedy

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Critics' reviews (5) of City Slickers
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Billy Crystal and chums Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby are the city folk who get the chance to play at Rawhide in this winning comedy blockbuster which cleaned up at the box office. Seeking to stave off middle age, the trio join a motley group who have volunteered to drive cattle across the range under the eye of irascible old cowboy Jack Palance. Despite some worryingly sentimental moments of male bonding, this is an engaging, expertly played piece, which gently pokes fun at both middle-aged angst and the Wild West. Palance, in particular, has a ball, and picked up a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance, while director Ron Underwood, who before this was best known for the cult sci-fi film Tremors, proves to be equally adept at the gags and the large-scale, traditional western set pieces.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
You've seen it all before: pals approaching mid-life crisis explore the Great Outdoors, rethink values, and by trail's... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
A witty and engaging comedy for the most part, with some affectionate parodies of moments from classic Westerns.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of City Slickers
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

More realistic!!!

Normally films about women problems growing up or when they have grown up. Its about time they made a film about a man who is lost and needs to find himself again.

When other films attempt this, it involves the guy sleeping with another woman and then realise how much he loves his family and fights for them back. This is different, coz he still loves his family but just has reached a point in his life where he needs to know the meaning in his life. Men can relate to this more as its realistic and doesn't involve the man cheating.

More movies like this please and women could understand things from a male point of view as we get millions of films where we see the women point of view
- - A customer from Slough
  - Posted 18 Nov 2007 10:44
great film, great actors,great story line, dont get lost in the film either, a classic for me
- - dal#1 from SUFFOLK
  - Posted 19 Mar 2004 22:01
over-sentimental, laugh an hour stuff

Billy Crystal has a few amusing one liners, but thats about it.

Characters are all one dimensional. Story is over sentimental and utterly precictable.

Found myself looking the timer on the DVD seeing how long left. Always a bad sign.

Cameo from Jack Palance was painful. So old he could hardly move!!
- - Stuart Groves from Cornwall
  - Posted 09 Jan 2005 18:54
Most recent members' reviews (2) of City Slickers
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[Highly rated reviewer]

Better than most TV

Not a blockbuster, but still an enjoyable film to watch when there's nothing on but Eastenders or reality TV. Jack Palance is the real star, but unfortunately has very little screen time. Ideal rainy Sunday afternoon film.
- - John Howes from Worcester, England
  - Posted 27 Apr 2006 08:16
city slickers

nice fun easy watching film.
- - A customer from england
  - Posted 08 May 2005 16:25

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

More realistic!!!

Normally films about women problems growing up or when they have grown up. Its about time they made a film about a man who is lost and needs to find himself again.

When other films attempt this, it involves the guy sleeping with another woman and then realise how much he loves his family and fights for them back. This is different, coz he still loves his family but just has reached a point in his life where he needs to know the meaning in his life. Men can relate to this more as its realistic and doesn't involve the man cheating.

More movies like this please and women could understand things from a male point of view as we get millions of films where we see the women point of view
- - A customer from Slough
  - Posted 18 Nov 2007 10:44
great film, great actors,great story line, dont get lost in the film either, a classic for me
- - dal#1 from SUFFOLK
  - Posted 19 Mar 2004 22:01
over-sentimental, laugh an hour stuff

Billy Crystal has a few amusing one liners, but thats about it.

Characters are all one dimensional. Story is over sentimental and utterly precictable.

Found myself looking the timer on the DVD seeing how long left. Always a bad sign.

Cameo from Jack Palance was painful. So old he could hardly move!!
- - Stuart Groves from Cornwall
  - Posted 09 Jan 2005 18:54
Cheesy but still fun

It's not hilarious, but can be pretty funny, and the characters can be annoying at times..but its still pretty good. Worth a watch.
- - A customer from Yorkshire
  - Posted 02 Apr 2005 15:48
city slickers

nice fun easy watching film.
- - A customer from england
  - Posted 08 May 2005 16:25
so so movie

worth seeing once but would not want to see it again
- - kelmart from shropshire,england
  - Posted 02 Jun 2005 12:08
[Highly rated reviewer]

Better than most TV

Not a blockbuster, but still an enjoyable film to watch when there's nothing on but Eastenders or reality TV. Jack Palance is the real star, but unfortunately has very little screen time. Ideal rainy Sunday afternoon film.
- - John Howes from Worcester, England
  - Posted 27 Apr 2006 08:16
Thank god for Jack

Far from being a comedic work of art the appeal of this film, and it's sequel, is mostly nostalgic, rather than a burning desire to see, some fifteen years late, Billy Crystal's neurotic and sardonic wise cracking. Whilst still moderately amusing, predictably enough though the grizzled and grumpy Jack Palance stole the show, not a very hard task, and the overly long opening credits ran like an episode of the Pink Panther. Never-the-less, it was relatively fun feeling 10 again, seeing what the early nineties had to offer: aside from a very small Jake Gyllenhaal in his movie debut, a warm fuzzy story about mankind's ability to shew cows.
- - si81 from Lancaster
  - Posted 26 Mar 2007 13:03
A good laugh

Light hearted family comedy!

good fun...
- - Raymond Joseph from London
  - Posted 19 Nov 2007 15:02
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Quality

Bundle of laughs, brilliant movie. Billy crystal is a comic genius
- - A customer from Liverpool, England
  - Posted 06 Aug 2004 09:52

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Critics' reviews (5)
Billy Crystal and chums Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby are the city folk who get the chance to play at Rawhide in this winning comedy blockbuster which cleaned up at the box office. Seeking to stave off middle age, the trio join a motley group who have volunteered to drive cattle across the range under the eye of irascible old cowboy Jack Palance. Despite some worryingly sentimental moments of male bonding, this is an engaging, expertly played piece, which gently pokes fun at both middle-aged angst and the Wild West. Palance, in particular, has a ball, and picked up a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance, while director Ron Underwood, who before this was best known for the cult sci-fi film Tremors, proves to be equally adept at the gags and the large-scale, traditional western set pieces.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
You've seen it all before: pals approaching mid-life crisis explore the Great Outdoors, rethink values, and by trail's... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
A witty and engaging comedy for the most part, with some affectionate parodies of moments from classic Westerns.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
"...Cheery, earnest....[Palance provides] some unexpectedly touching moments..."
- New York Times
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
"...[Watch it] to catch Crystal's next clippety-clip zinger..." -- Rating: B
- Entertainment Weekly
- Posted 11 Mar 2005